African forest turtle

African forest turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Pelomedusidae
Genus:	Pelusios
Species:	P. gabonensis
Binomial name
Pelusios gabonensis[1][2] Duméril, 1856[1][2]
Synonyms[2]
Pentonyx gabonensis - Duméril, 1856 Pelomedusa gabonensis – Strauch, 1862 Pentonyx gaboonensis - Gray (ex errore), 1863 Pelomedusa gabonica - Peters (ex errore), 1864 Sternothaerus gabonensis – Bocage, 1866 Sternothaerus steindachneri - Siebenrock, 1902 Pelusios gabonensis – Schmidt, 1919

The African forest turtle (Pelusios gabonensis) is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. It is endemic to Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda^[1]

References

1. Rhodin 2011, p. 000.215
2. Fritz 2007, p. 348

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, 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" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-01-22.
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (pdf). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.