EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelusios nanus
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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 nanus (African Dwarf Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Laurent 1956 : 31
- Holotype
- MRAC 7833
- Type Locality
- "Dilolo, Haut Lualaba" [= Shaba Province, Belgian Congo (= Zaire)]
- Original name
- Pelusios nanus
- Common Name
- African Dwarf Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- Angola, Zaire, and Zambia
- Comments
- Considered synonymous with P. adansonii by Wermuth and Mertens (1961:287, and 1977:166). Reviewed by Bour (1983).
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