East African Black Mud Turtle
- East African Black Mud Turtle
Taxobox
name = East African Black Mud Turtle
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Pelomedusidae
genus = "Pelusios"
species = "P. subniger"
binomial = "Pelusios subniger"
binomial_authority = (Lacépède, 1788)
synonyms = The East African Black Mud Turtle ("Pelusios subniger") is a species of turtle in the Pelomedusidae family.It is found in Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Guadeloupe, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Sao Tomé and Principe, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References
* Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/41602/all Pelusios subniger] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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