EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelusios castanoides
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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 castanoides (Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Hewitt 1931 : 463
- Holotype
- TMP 13433
- Type Locality
- "Richards Bay, Zululand" [Republic of South Africa]; restricted to "Lake St. Lucia estuary, KwaZulu" [Republic of South Africa] by Broadley (1981b:673)
- Original name
- Pelusios nigricans castanoides
- Common Name
- Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- Madagascar, Seychelles Islands, and Africa from Kenya to northeastern Republic South Africa
- 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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