Demaya, G.S., BENANSIO, J.S., Dendi, D., Luiselli, L., 

The Nubian flapshell turtle Cyclanorbis elegans (Trionychidae) is one of the largest freshwater chelonians in Africa, formerly widespread across the waterbodies of the savannah regions of Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria,
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan and South Sudan. Cyclanorbis elegans is categorized as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, but no wild individuals had been recorded for decades until it was rediscovered in 2017 in South Sudan. Fishing bycatch and the collection of eggs and nesting females for domestic subsistence appear to be the main threats to this species. In 2020, along the White Nile River and its tributaries
in Central Equatoria State of South Sudan, we interviewed >300 local fishermen about this species..

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