Cyclanorbis elegans

Cyclanorbis elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Trionychoidea

Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Cyclanorbinae
Genus: Cyclanorbis
Species: Cyclanorbis elegans

Name

• Cyclanorbis elegans (Gray 1869)

Synonyms:

• Cyclanorbis elegans (Gray 1869:215)
  • Baikiea elegans Gray 1869:215
  • Cyclanorbis oligotylus Siebenrock 1902:810

Distribution

Africa

• Type locality: "Africa"; restricted by Webb (1975) to the "Niger River drainage in West Africa".

• Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.22.15, 1947.3.6.26, 1947.3.6.27, 1947.3.6.28, and 1947.3.6.29; BMNH 1946.1.22.15 designated lectotype by Webb 1975.

References

• Gray 1869. Notes on the families and genera of tortoises (Testudinata), and on the characters afforded by the study of their skulls. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1869: 165–225.
• 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
• Webb, R.G. 1975. Types of two names of African softshell turtles of the genus Cyclanorbis (Testudines: Trionychidae). Herpetologica 31: 348–350.

Vernacular names

čeština: Kožitka půvabná
Deutsch: Gefleckte Klappen-Weichschildkröte
English: Nubian flapshell turtle