| Description | The Senegal flapshell turtle (Cyclanorbis senegalensis) is one of two species of softshell turtle in the genus Cyclanorbis of the Trionychidae family.It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Togo.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae : Cyclanorbis : Cyclanorbis senegalensis |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae : Cyclanorbis : Cyclanorbis senegalensis |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Cyclanorbis |
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| Scientific Name | Cyclanorbis senegalensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1835) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Cyclanorbis senegalensis | species | belongs to Cyclanorbis | stated with evidence | Dumeril and Bibron, 1835 | | Cyclanorbis senegalensis | species | belongs to Cyclanorbis | stated without evidence | van Dijk et al., 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 0.01 Ma
Cenozoic |
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| Environment | brackish,freshwater (based on Trionychidae) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Trionychidae) |
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| Diet | piscivore, carnivore (based on Trionychidae) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Trionychidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. A. Meylan, B.S. Weig, and R. Wood. 1990. Fossil soft-shelled turtles of the Lake Turkana Basin,Africa. Copeia 1:508-528 |
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| Common Name(s) | Senegal Flapshell Turtle, Senegal Soft-shelled Turtle |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclanorbis_senegalensis |
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| Meylan P. A., Weig B.S., et al (1990) Fossil soft-shelled turtles of the Lake Turkana Basin,Africa, Copeia 1, 508-528 |
| van Dijk P. P., Iverson J. B., et al (2014) Turtles of the World, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status, Chelonian Research Monographs 5, 329-479 |
| Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Gray, J.E. (1852) Description of a new genus and some new species of tortoises.: Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1852: 133-135 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Hoinsoude-Segniagbeto, Gabriel; Roger Bour, Annemarie Ohler, Alain Dubois, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Jean François Trape, Jacques Fretey, Fabio Petrozzi, and Luca Luiselli (2014) Turtles and Tortoises of Togo: Historical Data, Distribution, Ecology, and Conservation.: Chelonian Conservation and Biology Dec 2014, Vol. 13, No. 2: 152-165. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Siebenrock, F. (1905) Chelonologische Notizen.: Zool. Anz. (?) 1905: 460-468 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Barnett, Linda K. & Emms, Craig (2005) Common reptiles of The Gambia.: Rare Repro, Hailsham, East Sussex, 24 pp. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. (2006) Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Chirio, L. (2009) Inventaire des reptiles de la région de la Réserve de Biosphère Transfrontalière du W (Niger/Bénin/Burkina Faso: Afrique de l’Ouest). [Herpetological survey of the W Transfrontier Biosphere Reserve area (Niger/Benin/Burkina Faso: West Africa].: Bull. Soc. Herp. France (132): 13-41 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich (2006) Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic.: African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Duméril, A.M.C., and G. Bibron. (1835) Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles, Vol. 2.: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, iv + 680 p. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Hughes, B. (1979) Occurrence of the freshwater trionychid turtles Cyclanorbis elegans and C. senegalensis in Ghana.: Bull. IFAN 41 (sér. 1, 1): 193-205 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Siebenrock, F. (1902) Zur Systematik der Schildkrötenfamilie Trionychidae Bell, nebst der Beschreibung einer neuen Cyclanorbis - Art.: Sitzungsber. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Math-Naturwiss. Cl. 111: 807-846 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Siebenrock, F. (1913) Schildkröten aus Syrien und Mesopotamien.: Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 27: 171-225 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. (2007) Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun.: MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Gray,J. E. (1865) Notice of a new genus and species of the family Trionychidae from Western Africa.: Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1865: 323-324 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Gray,J. E. (1865) On the development of the sternal callosities in Cyclanosteus senegalensis, and on the synonyms of Cyclanosteus and its allied genera.: Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1865: 422-428 - via Catalogue of Life |
| McCord, W.P. & Joseph-Ouni, M. (2003) Chelonian Illustrations #6. Flapshell and Giant Asian Softshell Turtles.: Reptilia (GB) (26): 59-64 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989) Turtles of the World.: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London - via Catalogue of Life |
| Gray, J.E. (1860) On the African Trionyces with hidden feet (Emyda).: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 6: 440-441 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Gray,J.E. (1855) Description of a new genus and some new species of tortoises.: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 15: 67-69 - via Catalogue of Life |
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| Padial, J. M. (2006) COMMENTED DISTRIBUTIONAL LIST OF THE REPTILES OF MAURITANIA (WEST AFRICA).: Graellsia, 62(2): 159-178 - via Catalogue of Life |
| TTWG [Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, Anders G.J. Rhodin, H. Bradley Shaffer, and Roger Bour] (2014) Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with Maps, and Conservation Status. 000.v7.: Chelonian Research Monographs (ISSN 1088-7105) No. 5, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - via Catalogue of Life |
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Cyclanorbis senegalensis
