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Original
Description |
Hewitt 1931 : 463 |
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Type
Locality |
"Richards Bay, Zululand" [Republic of South Africa]; restricted to "Lake St. Lucia estuary, KwaZulu" [Republic of South Africa] by Broadley (1981b:673) |
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Holotype |
TMP 13433 |
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Original name |
Pelusios nigricans castanoides |
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Common
name |
Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle |
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Distribution |
Madagascar, Seychelles Islands, and Africa from Kenya to northeastern Republic South Africa |
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Comments |
Broadley (1981b) considered Pelusios castanoides a subspecies of Pelusios castaneus, although Bour (1983) argued that they are distinct species. Includes P. castaneus kapika Bour (1978), according to Bour (1983). Reviewed by Boycott and Bourquin (1988). |
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