Central African mud turtle

Central African mud turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Pleurodira
Family:Pelomedusidae
Genus:Pelusios
Species: P. chapini
Binomial name
Pelusios chapini
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Pelusios castaneus chapini
    Laurent, 1965
  • Pelusios chapini
    — Broadley, 1998

The Central African mud turtle (Pelusios chapini ) is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. The species is endemic to Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, chapini, is in honor of American ornithologist James Paul Chapin.[4]

Geographic range

Pelusios chapini is found in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and Uganda[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rhodin 2011, p. 000.215
  2. 1 2 Fritz 2007, pp. 347-348
  3. ↑ "Pelusios chapini ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pelusios chapini, p. 52).

Bibliography

  • Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
  • Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

Further reading

  • Laurent RF (1965). "A contribution to the knowledge of the genus Pelusios (Wagler)". Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Sciences Zoologiques, Eighth Series 135: 1-33. (Pelusios castaneus chapini, new subspecies, p. 21).


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