African forest turtle

African forest turtle
Scientific classification
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]

References

Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, 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 2012-01-22.
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

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