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Central African mud turtle

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Central African mud turtle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Geographic range

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Rhodin et al. 2011, p. 000.215
  2. ^ a b Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 347–348
  3. ^ Species Pelusios chapini at 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

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Further reading

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  • 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).