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)
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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