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Cyclanorbis elegans (Gray, 1869)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gray, J. E. Notes on the families and genera of tortoises (Testudinata), and on the characters afforded by the study of their skulls.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Trionychidae
genus
Cyclanorbis
species
Cyclanorbis elegans

Name

Synonyms
Baikiea elegans Gray, 1869
Cyclanorbis oligotylus Siebenrock, 1902
Homonyms
Cyclanorbis elegans (Gray, 1869)
Common names
Gefleckte Klappen-Weichschildkröte in German
Nubian Flapshell Turtle in English
Nubian Flapshell Turtle in English
Nubian Soft-shelled Turtle in English
Nubian Soft-shelled Turtle in English
Nubian Softshell in English
Nubische Klappen-Weichschildkröte in German
foltos leffentyűsteknős in Hungarian
kožitka půvabná in Czech
Африканская лопастная черепаха in Russian
سلحفاة رفرافية الدرقة النوبة in Arabic
努比亞盤鱉 in Chinese
Nubian Flapshell Turtle in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  3. 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.
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