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Pelusios adansonii (SCHWEIGGER, 1812)

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Higher TaxaPelomedusidae, Pelomedusoidea, Pleurodira, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Adanson’s Turtle
G: Weißbrust-Pelomedusenschildkröte 
SynonymEmys adansonii SCHWEIGGER 1812: 308
Chelys (Hydraspis) adamsonii GRAY (ex errore) in GRIFFITH 1831
Pentonyx Andansonii [sic] — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835: 394
Sternothaerus adansonii — GRAY 1864: 159
Sternothaerus adansonii — BOULENGER 1889
Pelusios adansonii — SCHMIDT 1919
Pelusios adansonii — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 16
Pelusios adansonii — MCCORD et al. 2004
Pelusios adansonii — CHIRIO 2009
Pelusios adansonii — TTWG 2014: 436
Pelusios adansonii — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 53
Pelusios adansonii — TTWG 2021
Pelusios adansonii — TTWG 2025 
DistributionSudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Mali, Liberia, Senegal, Gambia, Central African Republic, Mauritania,
Cape Verde Islands, Ethiopia, N Benin, W Niger

Type locality: Not stipulated; "Cape Verde, Senegal" designated by Loveridge (1941) following Duméril and Bibron (1835:394).  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 7972 (shell only) 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1754 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentHabitat: freshwater (Lakes, quiet rivers)

Distribution: see map in TTWG 2025. 
EtymologyNamed after Michel Adanson (1727-1806), French botanist. 
References
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  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. 2006. Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard. Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp.
  • Bour, R. 1983. Trois populations endémiques du genre Pelusios (Reptilia, Chelonii, Pelomedusidae) aux îles Seychelles; relations avec les espèces africaines et malagaches. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris (4) 5: 343-382.
  • Bour, R. 2000. Une nouvelle espèce de Pelusios du Gabon ( Reptilia, Chelonii, Pelomedusidae). Manouria (08): 32 pp.
  • Bour, R. 2008. Global diversity of turtles (Chelonii; Reptilia) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595:593–598 - get paper here
  • Bour,R. 1986. Note sur Pelusios adansonii (Schweigger, 1812) et sur une nouvelle espece affine du Kenya (Chelonii, Pelomedusidae). Studia Geologica Salmanticensia, Studia Palaeocheloniologica 2(2): 23-54
  • Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59. - get paper here
  • Duméril, A.M.C., and G. Bibron. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles, Vol. 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, iv + 680 p. - get paper here
  • Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London
  • Gray,J.E. 1865. Note on Sternothaerus Adansonii from West Africa. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 15: 159-160 - get paper here
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  • 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 - get paper here
  • 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. - get paper here
 
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