Species of reptile
Adanson's mud turtle
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Testudines
Suborder:
Pleurodira
Family:
Pelomedusidae
Genus:
Pelusios
Species:
P. adansonii
Binomial name
Pelusios adansonii
Synonyms [ 2]
Emys adansonii Schweigger, 1812
Chelys (Hydraspis) adamsonii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon , 1831 (ex errore )
Hydraspis adansonii — Gray, 1831
Pentonyx andansonii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron , 1835 (ex errore)
Pelomedusa adansonii — Gray, 1844
Sternotherus adansonii — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron in A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril , 1851
Sternothaerus adansonii — Gray, 1856
Pentonyx adansonii — Boulenger , 1889
Pelusios adansonii — Schmidt , 1919
Pelusios adansoni Mertens , L. Müller & Rust, 1934 (ex errore)
Pelusios adansonii adansonii — Wermuth & Mertens, 1977
Pelusios adansoni adansoni — Obst , 1985
Adanson's mud turtle (Pelusios adansonii ) is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae . The species is endemic to north-central Africa.[ 3]
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^ Bour, Roger (30 June 2008). "Pelusios adansonii (Schweigger 1812) – Adanson's Mud Turtle". Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises . Chelonian Research Monographs. 5 . Chelonian Research Foundation: 017.1–017.4. doi :10.3854/crm.5.017.adansonii.v1.2008 .