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    Species Accepted

    Pelusios gabonensis (Duméril, 1856)

    African Forest Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Pelusios

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

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      African Forest Turtle English
      Gabon Turtle English
      Gabon hinged terrapin English
      Pelusio del Gabon Italian
      Péluse du Gabon French
      Rückenstreifen-Klappbrust-Pelomedusenschildkröte German
      Rückenstreifen-Pelomedusenschildkröte German
      Skov-klapskildpadde Danish
      csíkos sisakteknős Hungarian
      pelusie gabunská Czech

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      34 results
      Siebenrock, F. (1907). Über zwei Schildkröten aus Kamerun. Annalen Des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums Wien 22: 1-8.
      Dumeril, A. H. A. (1856) Note sur les reptiles du Gabon. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquee, Paris, Series 2, 8, 369 - 377 + 417 - 424 + 460 - 470 + 553 - 562.
      TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. (2021). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. Doi:10.3854/Crm.8.Checklist.Atlas.V9.2021.
      McCord, W. P., Joseph-Ouni, M., & Bour, R. (2004). Chelonian Illustrations #15: Madagascan Big-Headed, African Helmeted, and West African Mud Turtles. Reptilia (GB) (35): 63-67.
      Gray, J. E. (1864). On the species of the genus Sternothaerus, with some observations on Kinixys. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 13: 165-170.
      TTWG [TURTLE TAXONOMY WORKING GROUP: RHODIN, A.G.J., IVERSON, J.B., FRITZ, U., GALLEGO-GARCÍA, N., GEORGES, A., SHAFFER, H.B., AND VAN DuK, P.P.]. (2025). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (10th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 10:1-575.
      Laurent, R. F. (1956). Contribution à l’herpetologie de la région des Grandes Lacs de l’Afrique centrale. Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Belge (Sci. Zool.), 48: 1-390.
      Pauwels OSG, Morelle S, Albert J-L, Carlino P, Rahola N, Trape J-F. (2019). New reptile records from Lékédi Park and Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) [General Section]: 143–161 (E174).
      Siebenrock, F. (1905). Chelonologische Notizen. Zool. Anz. 29: 460-468.
      Kindler, Carolin; Maggie Moosig, William R. Branch, James Harvey, Christian Kehlmaier, Zoltán T. Nagy, Hynek Prokop, Pavel Široký and Uwe Fritz. (2015). Comparative phylogeographies of six species of hinged terrapins (Pelusios spp.) reveal discordant patterns and unexpected differentiation in the P. castaneus/P. chapini complex and P. rhodesianus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, DOI: 10.1111/Bij.12647.

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