EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelusios broadleyi
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Pelomedusidae (Afro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Pelusios (African Hinged Terrapins)
species..............Pelusios broadleyi (Turkana Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Bour 1986a : 31
- Holotype
- CAS 123062
- Type Locality
- "Loiengalani [= Loyengalani] (2° 43'N, 36° 43'E), Marsabit, Kenya"
- Original name
- Pelusios broadleyi
- Common Name
- Turkana Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- Lake Turkana [= Lake Rudolf], Kenya
- Comments
- Originally noted as distinct from Pelusios adansonii by Wood (1984).
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