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Pelusios gabonensis (DUMÉRIL, 1856)

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Higher TaxaPelomedusidae, Pelomedusoidea, Pleurodira, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gabon Turtle, Gabon hinged terrapin
G: Rückenstreifen-Pelomedusenschildkröte 
SynonymPentonyx gabonensis DUMÉRIL 1856
Pelomedusa gabonica — PETERS 1864 (ex errore)
Sternotherus gabonensis — BOCAGE 1866: 40
Sternothaerus gabonensis — BOULENGER 1889
Sternothaerus steindachneri SIEBENROCK 1901: 6
Sternothaerus gabonensis — SIEBENROCK 1905
Pelusios gabonensis — SCHMIDT 1919: 413
Pelusios gabonensis — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 15
Pelusios gabonensis — BROADLEY 1998
Pelusios gabonensis — TRAPE, CHIRIO & TRAPE 2012
Pelusios gabonensis — TTWG 2014: 437
Pelusios gabonensis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 57
Pelusios gabonensis — TTWG 2021 
DistributionDemocratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire; except in the north), Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Principé (Gulf of Guinea), Central African Republic,
Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Guinea, Angola, Republic of South Sudan (RSS)

Type locality: "Gabon."  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 4137 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Gray (1864) lists Sternothaerus gaboonensis as synonym of S. derbianus which itself seems to be a synonym of Pelusios subniger.

Distribution: For maps see TTWG 2014 and Kindler et al. 2015. For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022.

Habitat: freshwater (Lakes, quiet rivers) 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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