title: Zambezi flapshell turtle
text: # Zambezi flapshell turtle
  
  The Zambezi flapshell turtle (Cycloderma frenatum) is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae). Within its family, C. frenatum belongs to the smaller, and exclusively Old World, subfamily Cyclanorbinae.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  C. frenatum is found in southeastern Africa, in the countries of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zanzibar, and Zimbabwe, and mainly in the Zambezi basin.
  
  ## Conservation status
  
  C. frenatum is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
  
  