Cycloderma Peters, 1854

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M., 2018, Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 - 2017), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65, pp. 1-501 : 173

Genus Cycloderma Peters, 1854

Cycloderma aubryi ( Duméril, 1856) AUBRY’S SOFTSHELL TURTLE

Cryptopodus Aubryi Duméril 1856:374 , pl. 20. Holotype, MNHN 8006 (collector C.E. Aubry-Lecomte). Type locality: “ Gabon.” Cycloderma Aubryi : Peters (1877a:611), Bocage (1895a:8). Cycloderma aubryi : Loveridge and Wiliams (1957:453), Frade (1963:252), Iverson (1992:295), Gramentz

(2008:117), Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2014:411).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Vulnerable.

Global distribution: Central African species known from the Congo Basin from

Gabon to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cabinda in Angola.

Ocurrences in Angola ( Map 119 ): This species occurs in the Cabinda enclave . Cabinda: “Chinchoxo” [-5.10000, 12.10000] ( Peters

1877a:611; Bocage 1895a:7; Loveridge and

Williams 1957:459; Gramentz 2008:140);

“ Cabinda ” [-5.55000, 12.18333] ( Frade

1963:252), Turtle Taxonomy Working Group

(2014:411).

Taxonomic and distributional notes:

Bour et al. (1995) discussed the type specimen.

Figures

MAP 119. Distribution of Cycloderma aubryi in Angola.