Pelusios marani

Short description: Species of turtle

Pelusios marani, also known commonly as the Gabon mud turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. The species is native to Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, marani, is in honor of herpetologist Jérôme Maran.^[3]

Pelusios marani is found in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.^[1]

The preferred natural habitat of Pelusios marani is bodies of fresh water such as lakes and quiet rivers.^[4]

Like all turtles, Pelusios marani is oviparous.^[4]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rhodin et al. 2011, p. 000.215
↑ Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 348
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pelusios marani, p. 167).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Species Pelusios marani at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Bonin, F.; Devaux, B.; Dupré, A. (2006). Turtles of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801884969. 416 pp. (Pelusios marani, p. 92).
Bour R (2000). "Une nouvelle espèce de Pelusios du Gabon (Reptilia, Chelonii, Pelomedusidae)". Manouria 3 (8): 1–32. (Pelusios marani, new species). (in French).
Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 6. http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf.
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf.

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