EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelusios gabonensis
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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 gabonensis (African Forest Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Duméril 1856 : 373
- Holotype
- MNHN 4137
- Type Locality
- "Gabon"
- Original name
- Pentonyx gabonensis
- Common Name
- African Forest Turtle
- Distribution
- Liberia to Zaire and Uganda to western Tanzania
- Comments
- Reviewed by Bour (1983).
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