Turkana mud turtle

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Turkana mud turtle
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P. broadleyi
Binomial name
Pelusios broadleyi
Bour, 1986
Synonyms[2]
  • Pelusios broadleyi Bour, 1986
  • Pelusios broadlyi Wood, 2006 (ex errore)
  • Pelusios broadleyi
    Livigni, 2013[1]

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Pelusios broadleyi, commonly known as the Turkana mud turtle, Broadley's mud turtle,[1] 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. 1.0 1.1 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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  3. 3.0 3.1 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).

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