Aubry's flapshell turtle

Aubry's flapshell turtle (Cycloderma aubryi)[5] is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is endemic to Central Africa.

Aubry's flapshell turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Cycloderma
Species:
C. aubryi
Binomial name
Cycloderma aubryi
Synonyms[4]
  • Cryptopus aubryi
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1856
  • Cryptopodus aubryi
    — A.H.A. Duméril, 1856
  • Cycloderma aubryi
    — A.H.A. Duméril, 1860
  • Heptathyra aubryi
    — Cope, 1860

Etymology

The specific name, aubryi, is in honor of Charles Eugène Aubry-Lecomte (1821–1879), who was a French civil servant and an amateur naturalist.[6]

Geographic range

C. aubryi is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, the Cabinda Province of Angola and likely in the Central African Republic.[7]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. aubryi are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes up to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]

Diet

Adults of C. aubryi prey upon crabs, crayfish, and fish. Juveniles may also eat insects.[1]

Conservation status

In 2017, the IUCN listed C. aubryi as vulnerable.[1]

References
  1. Chirio, L.; Diagne, T.; Pauwels, O.S.G. (2017). "Cycloderma aubryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T163448A1009393. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T163448A1009393.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the world, 2010 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5: 000.124. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-07-17.
  4. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 313–314. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  5. Animaldiversity.umich.edu
  6. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cycloderma aubryi, p. 12).
  7. JCVI.org

Further reading
  • Bour R (2008). "The holotypes of Pentonyx gabonensis A. Duméril, 1856 and Cryptopodus aubryi A. Duméril, 1856". Emys 15 (3): 41–44.
  • Broadley DG (1998). "The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)". In: Schmidt KP, Noble GK (1998). Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, pp. 780.
  • Chirio, Laurent; Ineich, Ivan (2006). "Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic". African Journal of Herpetology 55 (1): 23–59.
  • Duméril AHA (1856). "Note sur les reptiles du Gabon ". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Paris [Second Series] 8 : 369–377, 417–424, 460–470, 553–562. (in French).
  • Ernst CH, Barbour RW (1989). Turtles of the World. London and Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Gramentz, Dieter (1998). "Zur Morphologie und Merkmalsvariation von Cycloderma aubryi. (Duméril, 1856) ". Salamandra 34 (4): 333–348. (in German).
  • Gray JE (1860). "On the African Trionyces with hidden feet (Emyda)". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 (3): 440–441.
  • Günther A (1896). "Report on a collection of reptiles and fishes made by Miss M. H. Kingsley during her travels on the Ogowe river and in Old Calabar". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 17 (6): 261–267.
  • McCord WP, Joseph-Ouni M (2003). "Chelonian Illustrations #6. Flapshell and Giant Asian Softshell Turtles". Reptilia (Great Britain) (26): 59–64.
  • Meylan PA(1987). "The phylogenetic relationships of soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae)". Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 186 (1): 1–101.
  • Nieden F (1910). "Die Reptilien (ausser der Schlangen) und Amphibien ". In: Die Fauna der deutschen Kolonien. Reihe 1. Kamerun Heft 2. Berlin. pp. 75. (in German).
  • Pauwels OSG, Vandeweghe JP (2008). Les reptiles du Gabon. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. 272 pp. (in French).
  • Pauwels OSG; Branch, William R.; Burger, Marius (2004). "Reptiles of Loango National Park, OGOOUÉ-MARITIME PROVINCE, SOUTH-WESTERN GABON". Hamadryad 29 (1): 115–127.
  • Tornier G (1902). "Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Kamerun ". Zool. Jahrb., Abt. Syst. 15 (6): 663–677. (in German).
  • Valverde J (2007). "Weichschildkröten ". Reptilia (Münster) 12 (6): 16–23. (in German).
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