Taxonavigation

Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Cyclanorbinae
Genus: Cyclanorbis
Species: C. elegans – C. senegalensis

Name

• Cyclanorbis Gray 1854:135
  • Type Species: Cyclanorbis elegans

Synonymy

• Cyclanorbis Gray 1854:135
  • Cryptopus Duméril & Bibron 1835:499 (junior homonym)
  • Cyclanorbis Gray 1854:135
  • Cryptopodus Duméril 1856:374 (nomen novum)
  • Cyclanosteus Gray 1856:201
  • Tetrathyra Gray 1865:205
  • Baikiea Gray 1869:215

References

• Gray, John Edward. 1854. Description of a new genus and some new species of tortoises. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1852 [1854]:133–135.

• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479 Reference page. 

• Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66. Download

• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). (ISBN: 978-1-5323-5026-9). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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