EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelusios upembae
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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 upembae (Upemba Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Broadley 1981b : 667
- Holotype
- TMP 38178
- Type Locality
- "Kanonga River, tributary of the right bank of the Fungwe River (695 m), Upemba National Park, Shaba Province, Zaire"
- Original name
- Pelusios bechuanicus upembae
- Common Name
- Upemba Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- Region of the type locality in Zaire
- Comments
- Elevated to species status by Bour (1983).
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