EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelusios chapini
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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 chapini (Central African Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Laurent 1965 : 21
- Holotype
- MRAC 20937
- Type Locality
- "Kasenyi, Lake Albert, Bunia Terr., Ituri, Congo" [= Zaire]
- Original name
- Pelusios castaneus chapini
- Common Name
- Central African Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- Uganda, Zaire and Rep. Congo
- Comments
- Considered a synonym of Pelusios castaneus by Wermuth and Mertens (1977:117). Reviewed by Bour (1983).
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