Turkana mud turtle

Turkana mud turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Pelomedusidae
Genus: Pelusios
Species: P. broadleyi
Binomial name
Pelusios broadleyi
Bour, 1986
Synonyms[1]
  • Pelusios broadleyi Bour, 1986
  • Pelusios broadlyi Wood, 2006 (ex errore)
  • Pelusios broadleyi
    — Livigni, 2013[2]

Pelusios broadleyi, commonly known as the Turkana mud turtle, Broadley's mud turtle,[2] or the Lake Turkana hinged terrapin,[3] is a species of turtle in the Pelomedusidae family.

Geographic range

Pelusios broadleyi is endemic to Kenya.

Etymology

The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of herpetologist Donald G. Broadley.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter. (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 346. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 1 2 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pelusios broadleyi, p. 39).

Further reading


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