Ivory Coast mud turtle
| Ivory Coast mud turtle | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Pelomedusidae |
| Genus: | Pelusios |
| Species: | P. cupulatta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelusios cupulatta[1][2] Bour and Maran, 2003[1][2] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) is a species of turtle in the Pelomedusidae family. It is one of the most recently described turtle species. It is endemic to Ivory Coast(Côte d'Ivoire), Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo in Africa.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Rhodin 2011, p. 000.215
- 1 2 3 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". Chelonian Research Monographs 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
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