Biology:Central African mud turtle
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Short description: Species of turtle
| Central African mud turtle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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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
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rhodin et al., p. 000.215
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. 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; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 6. Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131102839/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20110501060224/http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf. 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).
Wikidata ☰ Q2616662 entry
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