Turkana mud turtle
| Turkana mud turtle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Pelomedusidae |
| Genus: | Pelusios |
| Species: | P. broadleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelusios broadleyi Bour, 1986
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| Synonyms[3] | |
Pelusios broadleyi, commonly known as the Turkana mud turtle, Broadley's mud turtle,[2] or the Lake Turkana hinged terrapin,[4] is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. The species is native to eastern Africa.
Geographic range
Pelusios broadleyi is endemic to Lake Turkana in East Africa. It has only been confirmed from the Kenyan part of this lake, but may well occur in the Ethiopian (it has been recorded very close to the border).[5]
Habitat
The preferred natural
wetlands.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of herpetologist Donald G. Broadley.[4]
References
- ^ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: https://dx.doi.org/10.1305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16529A6000514.en. Downloaded on 04 November 2021.
- ^ a b Species Pelusios broadleyi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ISSN 1864-5755.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pelusios broadleyi, p. 39).
- ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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).
- ISBN 978-1472935618. (Pelusios broadleyi, p. 54).