Zambezi flapshell turtle

Zambezi flapshell turtle
	Head of a Cycloderma frenatum
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Cycloderma
Species:	C. frenatum
Binomial name
	Cycloderma frenatum; W. Peters, 1854
Synonyms
	Cycloderma frenatum ; W. Peters, 1854; Cyclanosteus frenatus ; — Gray, 1856; Aspidochelys livingstonii ; Gray, 1860; Heptathyra frenata ; — Gray, 1864; Heptathyra livingstonii ; — Gray, 1864; Gymnopus subplanus ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Amyda subplana ; — Fitzinger, 1843; Dogania subplana ; — Gray, 1844; Trionyx frenatus ; — Gray, 1856; Dogania guentheri ; Gray, 1862; Trionyx guentheri ; — Günther, 1864; Potamochelys frenatus ; — Gray, 1864;

The Zambezi flapshell turtle (Cycloderma frenatum) is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae). Within its family, C. frenatum belongs to the smaller, and exclusively Old World, subfamily Cyclanorbinae.

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Zambezi flapshell turtle

Head of a Cycloderma frenatum
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix II ^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Cycloderma
Species:	C. frenatum
Binomial name
*Cycloderma frenatum* W. Peters, 1854
Synonyms^[3]
Cycloderma frenatum W. Peters, 1854 Cyclanosteus frenatus — Gray, 1856 Aspidochelys livingstonii Gray, 1860 Heptathyra frenata — Gray, 1864 Heptathyra livingstonii — Gray, 1864 Gymnopus subplanus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Amyda subplana — Fitzinger, 1843 Dogania subplana — Gray, 1844 Trionyx frenatus — Gray, 1856 Dogania guentheri Gray, 1862 Trionyx guentheri — Günther, 1864 Potamochelys frenatus — Gray, 1864