EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelusios williamsi
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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 williamsi (Williams' Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Laurent 1965 : 12
- Holotype
- MCZ 40021
- Type Locality
- "Kakamega, Kaimosi, Kenya"
- Original name
- Pelusios williamsi
- Common Name
- Williams' Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- East Africa
- Comments
- Reviewed by Bour (1983 and 1984a) and Lenglet and Depiereux (1986).
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