Aubry's flapshell turtle

Aubry's flapshell turtle (Cycloderma aubryi)^[3] is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire, Gabon, the Cabinda Province of Angola and likely in the Central African Republic.^[4] In 1996, the IUCN listed it as least concern, but they do not list it anymore.^[1]

References

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, D.G. (1998). The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, pp. 780.
• Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich (2006). Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59.
• Duméril, A.H.A. (1856). Note sur les reptiles du Gabon. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Paris, 8(2): 369-377, 417–424, 460–470, 553–562.
• Ernst, C.H. and Barbour, R.W. (1989). Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London.
• Gramentz, Dieter (1998). Zur Morphologie und Merkmalsvariation von Cycloderma aubryi. (Duméril, 1856). Salamandra 34 (4): 333-348.
• Gray, J.E. 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, W.P. & Joseph-Ouni, M. (2003). Chelonian Illustrations #6. Flapshell and Giant Asian Softshell Turtles. Reptilia (GB) (26):59-64.
• Meylan, P.A. 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.
• Pauwels, O.S.G. & Vande weghe, J.P. (2008). Les reptiles du Gabon. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 272 pp.
• Pauwels, O.S.G.; William R. Branch; and Marius Burger (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.
• Valverde, J. (2007). Weichschildkröten. Reptilia (Münster) 12(6):16-23.
• Photo at Chelonia.org
• Photos at Australian freshwater turtles.com.au

Turtle family Trionychidae
Genus	Species of the subfamily Cyclanorbinae
Cyclanorbis	Nubian flapshell turtle Senegal flapshell turtle
Cycloderma	Aubry's flapshell turtle Zambezi flapshell turtle
Lissemys	Burmese flapshell turtle Indian flapshell turtle Sri Lankan flapshell turtle
	Species of the subfamily Trionychinae
Amyda	Asiatic softshell turtle
Apalone	Florida softshell turtle Smooth softshell turtle Spiny softshell turtle
Chitra	Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle
Dogania	Malayan softshell turtle
Nilssonia	Black softshell turtle Burmese peacock softshell Indian softshell turtle Indian peacock softshell turtle Leith's softshell turtle
Palea	Wattle-necked softshell turtle
Pelochelys	Cantor's giant softshell turtle New Guinea giant softshell turtle Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle
Pelodiscus	Chinese softshell turtle Hunan softshell turtle Lesser Chinese softshell turtle Northern Chinese softshell turtle
Rafetus	Euphrates softshell turtle Yangtze giant softshell turtle
Trionyx	African softshell turtle
Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist.