Turkana mud turtle
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| Species: | P. broadleyi
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| Pelusios broadleyi Bour, 1986
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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
- ^ a b The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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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