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, 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
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 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
- Bour R. 1986. "Note sur Pelusios adansonii (Schweigger, 1812) et sur une nouvelle espèce affine du Kenya (Chelonii, Pelomedusidae)". Studia Geologica Salmanticensia, Studia Palaeocheloniologica 2 (2): 23-54. (Pelusios broadleyi, new species). (in French).
External links
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. 1996. Pelusios broadleyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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