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Cyclanorbis senegalensis (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1835)

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Higher TaxaTrionychidae (Cyclanorbinae), Trionychoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Senegal Soft-shelled Turtle 
SynonymCryptopus senegalensis DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835: 504
Cyclanorbis petersii GRAY 1855: 69
Cyclanosteus petersii — GRAY 1860: 441
Tetrathyra baikii GRAY 1865
Cyclanosteus senegalensis var. normalis GRAY 1865
Cyclanosteus senegalensis var. equilifera GRAY 1865
Cyclanosteus senegalensis var. callosa GRAY 1865
Tetrathyra vaillantii ROCHEBRUNE 1884
Cyclanorbis senegalensis — BOULENGER 1889
Cyclanorbis senegalensis — SIEBENROCK 1902: 290
Cyclanorbis senegalensis — SIEBENROCK 1905
Cyclanorbis senegalensis — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 114
Cyclanorbis senegalensis — MCCORD & JOSEPH-OUNI 2003
Cyclanorbis senegalensis — TTWG 2014
Cyclanorbis senegalensis — TTWG 2021 
DistributionSudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS), W Ethiopia, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Gambia (MacCarthy Island, HÅKANSSON 1981)

Type locality: Senegal  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 4151 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1952 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSee also note in C. elegans.

Distribution: Not in Gabon fide PAUWELS & VANDE WEGHE 2008. See map in Mazuch et al. 2016: 2 (Fig. 1). Not in Equatorial Guinea (where it is replaced by C. elegans) fide SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022.

Type species: Cyclanorbis petersii GRAY 1855 is the type species of the genus Cyclanorbis GRAY 1852.

Habitat: freshwater (rivers and tributaries, lakes) 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality.

The genus was named after Greek kuklas = encircling and Latin orbis = anything of a circular shape, a disk. 
References
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