EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelusios carinatus
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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 carinatus (African Keeled Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Laurent 1956 : 39
- Holotype
- MRAC 2821
- Type Locality
- "Eala, Equateur" [= Eala, Equator Province, Belgian Congo (= Zaire)]
- Original name
- Pelusios carinatus
- Common Name
- African Keeled Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- Gabon, Rep. Congo and Zaire
- Comments
- Reviewed by Bour (1983).
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