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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)
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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