 However, it has been very rarely recorded during the last 50 years (not a single individual has been observed during the last 15 years) and there is little hope that the species is extant in Ghana, Benin, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon.Early 2019 a remnant population has been found in White Nile wetlands in South Sudan by Prof. Luca Luiselli and his team.The Nubian flapshell turtle can reach a length of up to 70 cm (27.5 in)

The Nubian flapshell turtle's habitat is located in politically very unstable areas which results in habitat loss.