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Aubry's flapshell turtle
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<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/Specific_name_(zoology)/RuH34bxb">specific name</a>, <i>aubryi</i>, is in honor of Charles Eugène Aubry-Lecomte (1821–1879), who was a French civil servant and an amateur naturalist.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="geographic-range">Geographic range</h2> <p><i>C. aubryi</i> is found in the <a href="/facts/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo/E2KmHDdv">Democratic Republic of Congo</a>, <a href="/facts/Gabon/RKDffnwV">Gabon</a>, the <a href="/facts/Cabinda_(province)/tGJQr9lY">Cabinda Province</a> of <a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a> and likely in the <a href="/facts/Central_African_Republic/TKMWWr57">Central African Republic</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="habitat">Habitat</h2> <p>The preferred natural <a href="/facts/Habitat/zo1DN2gA">habitats</a> of <i>C. aubryi</i> are <a href="/facts/Forest/RnMtb31v">forest</a> and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes up to 500 m (1,600 ft).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="diet">Diet</h2> <p>Adults of <i>C. aubryi</i> <a href="/facts/Predation/JEGdrX3f">prey</a> upon <a href="/facts/Crab/GvkhXnSK">crabs</a>, <a href="/facts/Crayfish/aXYaXaV8">crayfish</a>, and <a href="/facts/Fish/fln4gH9V">fish</a>. Juveniles may also eat <a href="/facts/Insect/IgDNvnUL">insects</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="conservation-status">Conservation status</h2> <p>In 2017, the <a href="/facts/IUCN/QwV8JXup">IUCN</a> listed <i>C. aubryi</i> as vulnerable.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Roger_Bour/1UQJRvpP">Bour R</a> (2008). "The holotypes of <i>Pentonyx gabonensis</i> A. Duméril, 1856 and <i>Cryptopodus aubryi</i> A. Duméril, 1856". <i>Emys</i> 15 (3): 41–44.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Donald_George_Broadley/cnowSPbS">Broadley DG</a> (1998). "The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)". <i>In:</i> Schmidt KP, Noble GK (1998). <i>Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo</i>... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, pp. 780.</li> <li>Chirio, Laurent; Ineich, Ivan (2006). "Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic". <i>African Journal of Herpetology</i> 55 (1): 23–59.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Auguste_Dum%25C3%25A9ril/xVHMXMFL">Duméril AHA</a> (1856). "<i>Note sur les reptiles du Gabon</i> ". <i>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Paris</i> [Second Series] 8 : 369–377, 417–424, 460–470, 553–562. (in French).</li> <li>Ernst CH, <a href="/facts/Roger_W._Barbour/XuktNPlb">Barbour RW</a> (1989). <i>Turtles of the World.</i> London and Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution Press.</li> <li>Gramentz, Dieter (1998). "<i>Zur Morphologie und Merkmalsvariation von</i> Cycloderma aubryi. <i>(Duméril, 1856)</i> ". <i>Salamandra</i> 34 (4): 333–348. (in German).</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Edward_Gray/6JdrIDH0">Gray JE</a> (1860). "On the African Trionyces with hidden feet (<i>Emyda</i>)". <i>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.</i> 6 (3): 440–441.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Albert_G%25C3%25BCnther/SQzexVaS">Günther A</a> (1896). "Report on a collection of reptiles and fishes made by Miss M. H. Kingsley during her travels on the Ogowe river and in Old Calabar". <i>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.</i> 17 (6): 261–267.</li> <li>McCord WP, Joseph-Ouni M (2003). "Chelonian Illustrations #6. Flapshell and Giant Asian Softshell Turtles". <i>Reptilia</i> (Great Britain) (26): 59–64.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Andre_Meylan/E4cwTlwJ">Meylan PA</a>(1987). "The phylogenetic relationships of soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae)". <i>Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.</i> 186 (1): 1–101.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fritz_Nieden/z6BESClF">Nieden F</a> (1910). "<i>Die Reptilien (ausser der Schlangen) und Amphibien</i> ". <i>In:</i> <i>Die Fauna der deutschen Kolonien. Reihe 1. Kamerun Heft 2.</i> Berlin. pp. 75. (in German).</li> <li>Pauwels OSG, Vandeweghe JP (2008). <i>Les reptiles du Gabon.</i> Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. 272 pp. (in French).</li> <li>Pauwels OSG; <a href="/facts/William_Roy_Branch/LExKTsYW">Branch, William R.</a>; Burger, Marius (2004). "Reptiles of Loango National Park, OGOOUÉ-MARITIME PROVINCE, SOUTH-WESTERN GABON". <i>Hamadryad</i> 29 (1): 115–127.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gustav_Tornier/VJfbaG3U">Tornier G</a> (1902). "<i>Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Kamerun</i> ". <i>Zool. Jahrb., Abt. Syst.</i> 15 (6): 663–677. (in German).</li> <li>Valverde J (2007). "<i>Weichschildkröten</i> ". <i>Reptilia (Münster)</i> 12 (6): 16–23. (in German).</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040218061638/http://www.chelonia.org/CyclodermaaubryiCH1.jpg">Photo at Chelonia.org</a>[<i>usurped</i>]</li> <li><a href="http://www.australianfreshwaterturtles.com.au/forum/showthread.php?12926-Aubry-s-Flapshell-Turtle-%28Cycloderma-aubryi%29">Photos at Australian freshwater turtles.com.au</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Animaldiversity.umich.edu <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Cycloderma_aubryi.html" target="_blank">http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Cycloderma_aubryi.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cycloderma aubryi, p. 12). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>JCVI.org <a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Cycloderma&species=aubryi" target="_blank">http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Cycloderma&species=aubryi</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Chirio, L.; Diagne, T.; Pauwels, O.S.G. (2017). "Cycloderma aubryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T163448A1009393. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T163448A1009393.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021. <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163448/1009393" target="_blank">https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163448/1009393</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Chirio, L.; Diagne, T.; Pauwels, O.S.G. (2017). "Cycloderma aubryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T163448A1009393. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T163448A1009393.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021. <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163448/1009393" target="_blank">https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163448/1009393</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Chirio, L.; Diagne, T.; Pauwels, O.S.G. (2017). "Cycloderma aubryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T163448A1009393. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T163448A1009393.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021. <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163448/1009393" target="_blank">https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163448/1009393</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>