EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelusios niger
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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 niger (West African Black Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Duméril and Bibron 1835 : 397
- Holotype
- MNHN 8954
- Type Locality
- "Madagascar" (in error)
- Original name
- Sternotherus niger
- Common Name
- West African Black Turtle
- Distribution
- Sierra Leone and Liberia to Gabon
- Comments
- Reviewed by Bour (1983).
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