Zambezi flapshell turtle

Zambezi flapshell turtle
	Head of a Cycloderma frenatum
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
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.

Geographic range

C. frenatum is found in southeastern Africa, in the countries of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zanzibar, and Zimbabwe,^[4] and mainly in the Zambezi basin.

C. frenatum is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

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