EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelusios rhodesianus
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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 rhodesianus (Variable Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Hewitt 1927 : 375
- Holotype
- AMG 5432
- Type Locality
- "Mpika district", northeastern Rhodesia [= Zambia]
- Original name
- Pelusios nigricans rhodesianus
- Common Name
- Variable Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- Uganda to eastern Zaire, Angola and northeastern Natal, Republic of South Africa
- Comments
- Considered a subspecies of P. castaneus by Wermuth and Mertens (1977:116); elevated to species status by Raw (1978) and Broadley (1981b). Reviewed by Bour (1983) and Boycott and Bourquin (1988).
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