Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Aubry's Flapshell Turtle, Aubry's Soft-Shelled Turtle, Aubry?s Soft-Shelled Turtle, Aubry’s Soft-Shelled Turtle
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Sauropsida
()
- Subclass:
Anapsida
()
- Order:
Testudines
()
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
()
- Superfamily:
Trionychoidea
()
- Family:
Carettochelyidae
()
- Subfamily:
Cyclanorbinae
()
- Genus:
Cycloderma
()
- Peters, 1854
- Specific name:
aubryi
- DUMÉRIL 1856
- Scientific name: - Cycloderma aubryi DUMÉRIL 1856
- Specific name:
aubryi
- DUMÉRIL 1856
- Genus:
Cycloderma
(
- Subfamily:
Cyclanorbinae
(
- Family:
Carettochelyidae
(
- Superfamily:
Trionychoidea
(
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
(
- Order:
Testudines
(
- Subclass:
Anapsida
(
- Class:
Sauropsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Cryptopus aubryi DUMÉRIL 1856
- Cycloderma aubryi (Duméril, 1856)
- Heptathyra aubryi GRAY 1860: 441
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Cycloderma
There are approximately 5 species in this genus:
C. apiculatum · C. aubryi (Aubry's Flapshell Turtle) · C. frenatum (Zambezi Flapshell Turtle) · C. indicum · C. stipitatum
Bibliography
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- Iverson, J. B. 1992. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Privately Printed. Richmond, Indiana. ISBN: 0-9617431-0-5.
More Info
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- EMBL Reptile Database 2005.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2538527
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-8604
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 326761
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551958
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 130515
