Central African mud turtle
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| Central African mud turtle | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Pelomedusidae |
| Genus: | Pelusios |
| Species: | P. chapini
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelusios chapini | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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The Central African mud turtle (Pelusios chapini) is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. The species is endemic to Central Africa.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, chapini, is in honor of American ornithologist James Paul Chapin.[4]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Rhodin et al. 2011, p. 000.215
- ^ a b Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 347–348
- ^ Species Pelusios chapini at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Pelusios chapini, p. 52).
Bibliography
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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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