African forest turtle

Species of turtle

African forest turtle

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Testudines
Suborder:  | Pleurodira
Family:  | Pelomedusidae
Genus:  | Pelusios
Species:  |

P. gabonensis

Binomial name
Pelusios gabonensis

Duméril, 1856[1][2]

Synonyms[2]

Pentonyx gabonensis \- Duméril, 1856
Pelomedusa gabonensis – Strauch, 1862
Pentonyx gaboonensis \- Gray (ex errore), 1863
Pelomedusa gabonica \- Peters (ex errore), 1864
Sternothaerus gabonensis – Bocage, 1866
Sternothaerus steindachneri \- Siebenrock, 1902
Pelusios gabonensis – Schmidt, 1919

The African forest turtle (Pelusios gabonensis) is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. It is endemic to Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda[1]

## Description[edit]

The African forest turtle is a side-necked turtle; unable to fully withdraw their heads into their shells, they draw them to the side and fold them beneath the upper edge of their shells.

This species is characterized by a flattened, brown carapace with a black dorsal line. The plastron hinge is located in rear position.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Rhodin et al. 2011, p. 000.215
2. ^ a b Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 348

## Bibliography[edit]

Wikispecies has information related to Pelusios gabonensis.

* Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.
* Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

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Side-necked turtle species

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Reptilia
* Subclass: Anapsida
* Order: Testudines
* Suborder: Pleurodira

Family|

| Subfamily|

| Genus|

| Subgenus|

Species

Chelidae|

| Chelinae|

| Acanthochelys|

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* Acanthochelys macrocephala
* Acanthochelys pallidipectoris
* Acanthochelys radiolata
* Acanthochelys spixii

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Chelus|

|  |

* Chelus fimbriata

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Mesoclemmys|

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* Mesoclemmys dahli
* Mesoclemmys gibba
* Mesoclemmys jurutiensis
* Mesoclemmys nasuta
* Mesoclemmys perplexa
* Mesoclemmys raniceps
* Mesoclemmys sabiniparaensis
* Mesoclemmys tuberculata
* Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei
* †Mesoclemmys vanegasorum
* Mesoclemmys zuliae

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Phrynops|

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* Phrynops geoffroanus
* Phrynops hilarii
* †Phrynops paranaensis
* Phrynops tuberosus
* Phrynops williamsi

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Platemys|

|  |

* Platemys platycephala

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Ranacephala|

|  |

* Ranacephala hogei

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Rhinemys|

|  |

* Rhinemys rufipes

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Chelodininae|

| Chelodina|

| Chelodina|

* Chelodina canni
* Chelodina gunaleni
* Chelodina longicollis
* Chelodina mccordi
* †Chelodina murrayi
* Chelodina novaeguineae
* Chelodina pritchardi
* Chelodina reimanni
* Chelodina steindachneri

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Chelydera|

* †Chelodina alanrixi
* Chelodina burrungandjii
* Chelodina expansa
* Chelodina insculpta
* Chelodina kuchlingi
* Chelodina kurrichalpongo
* Chelodina parkeri
* Chelodina rugosa
* Chelodina walloyarrina

Macrochelodina|

* Chelodina oblonga

Elseya|

| Elseya|

* Elseya dentata
* Elseya branderhorsti
* Elseya flaviventralis

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Pelocomastes|

* Elseya albagula
* Elseya irwini
* Elseya lavarackorum
* †Elseya nadibajagu
* †Elseya uberrima

Hanwarachelys|

* Elseya caelatus
* Elseya novaeguineae
* Elseya orestiad
* Elseya rhodini
* Elseya schultzei

Elusor|

|  |

* Elusor macrurus

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Emydura|

|  |

* Emydura australis
* Emydura gunaleni
* Emydura macquarii
* Emydura subglobosa
* Emydura tanybaraga
* Emydura victoriae

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Myuchelys|

|  |

* Myuchelys belli
* Myuchelys georgesi
* Myuchelys latisternum
* Myuchelys purvisi

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Rheodytes|

|  |

* Rheodytes leukops
* †Rheodytes devisi

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Hydromedusinae|

| Hydromedusa|

|  |

* Hydromedusa maximiliani
* Hydromedusa tectifera

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Pseudemydurinae|

| Pseudemydura|

|  |

* Pseudemydura umbrina

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Pelomedusidae|

|  |

| Pelomedusa|

|  |

* Pelomedusa subrufa

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Pelusios|

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* Pelusios adansonii
* Pelusios bechuanicus
* Pelusios broadleyi
* Pelusios carinatus
* Pelusios castaneus
* Pelusios castanoides
* Pelusios chapini
* Pelusios cupulatta
* Pelusios gabonensis
* Pelusios marani
* Pelusios nanus
* Pelusios niger
* Pelusios rhodesianus
* Pelusios sinuatus
* Pelusios subniger
* Pelusios upembae
* Pelusios williamsi

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Podocnemididae|

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| Erymnochelys|

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* Erymnochelys madagascariensis

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Peltocephalus|

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* Peltocephalus dumerilianus

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Podocnemis|

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* Podocnemis erythrocephala
* Podocnemis expansa
* Podocnemis lewyana
* Podocnemis sextuberculata
* Podocnemis unifilis
* Podocnemis vogli

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* Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2021 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Key: †=extinct.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2633044
* Wikispecies: Pelusios gabonensis
* ADW: Pelusios_gabonensis
* BOLD: 253647
* CoL: 76FLZ
* EoL: 791170
* GBIF: 2442283
* iNaturalist: 40130
* IRMNG: 10875068
* ITIS: 551825
* NCBI: 329147
* RD: gabonensis

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