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)
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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