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Pelusios castanoides HEWITT, 1931

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Higher TaxaPelomedusidae, Pelomedusoidea, Pleurodira, Testudines (turtles)
SubspeciesPelusios castanoides castanoides HEWITT 1931
Pelusios castanoides intergularis BOUR 1983 
Common NamesYellowbelly Mud Turtle (castanoides: East African Yellowbelly Mud Turtle; intergularis: Seychelles Yellowbelly Mud Turtle) 
SynonymPelusios nigricans castanoides HEWITT 1931: 463
Pelusios castaneus kapika BOUR 1978
Pelusios castaneus castanoides — BROADLEY 1981
Pelusios castanoides — BOUR 1983
Pelusios castanoides — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 18
Pelusios castanoides — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 228
Pelusios castanoides castanoides — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 7
Pelusios castanoides — D’CRUZE et al. 2007
Pelusios castanoides castanoides — TTWG 2014: 437
Pelusios castanoides — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 55
Pelusios castanoides castanoides — TTWG 2021

Pelusios castanoides intergularis BOUR 1983
Pelusios castanoides intergularis — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 18
Pelusios castanoides intergularis — PAWLOWSKI & KRÄMER 2009
Pelusios castanoides intergularis — TTWG 2014: 437
Pelusios castanoides intergularis — TTWG 2021 
DistributionMalawi, Mozambique, E Republic of South Africa, Tanzania, Pemba Island, Seychelles Islands, Madagascar (Nossi Be = Nosy Bé)

Type locality: "Richards Bay, Zululand," restricted by Broadley (1981) to "Lake St. Lucia estuary, KwaZulu," Republic of South Africa.

intergularis: Seychelles Islands (Cousin Island)

kapika: Madagascar  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: DNMNH (= TM) (= TMP) 13433 (Transvaal Museum)
Holotype: BMNH 74.8.7.1, collected by A. GÜNTHER, Paratypes: BMNH 1907.10.15.2; BMNH 1911.4.7.2, MNHN-RA 5366; MNHN-RA 5367, MNHN-RA 5300A,B, MNHN-RA 4138, DNMNH (= TM) 49338, MCZ, UMMZ [intergularis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2161 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentThe validity of the Malagasy and Seychellois subspecies of P. castanoides is doubtful fide FRITZ et al. (2010).

Habitat: freshwater (Lakes, quiet rivers) 
References
  • ANDREONE F., F. GLAW, R. A. NUSSBAUM, C. J. RAXWORTHY, M. VENCES, and J. E. RANDRIANIRINA 2003. The amphibians and reptiles of Nosy Be (NW Madagascar) and nearby islands: a case study of diversity and conservation of an insular fauna. Journal of Natural History 37 (17): 2119–2149 - get paper here
  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
  • 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. 1979. Les tortues actuelles de Madagascar (République Malagache): liste systématique et description de deux sous-espèces nouvelles (Reptilia-Testudines). Bulletin de la Société Etude des Sciences Anjou, N.S. 10:141-154 [1978]
  • Bour, R. 1983. Trois populations endémiques de 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. 2008. Global diversity of turtles (Chelonii; Reptilia) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595:593–598 - get paper here
  • Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70
  • Broadley, D.G. 1981. A review of the genus Pelusios Wagler in southern Africa (Pleurodira: Pelomedusidae). Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Rhodesia, B, Natural Science. 6 (9): 633-686. - get paper here
  • Buitelaar, Krijn & Philip de Pous 2011. First record of Pelusios castanoides intergularis and rediscovery of Pelusios subniger parietalis on Cousin Island, Seychelles. Herpetology Notes 4: 009-010 - get paper here
  • D'Cruze, Neil; Annette Olsonn, David Henson, Sunil Kumar, and David Emmett. 2009. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Lower Onilahy River Valley, a Temporary Protected Area in Southwest Madagascar. Herp. Cons. Biol. 4: 62-79 - get paper here
  • D'Cruze, Neil; Jeremy Sabel, Katie Green, Jeffrey Dawson, Carlie Gardner, Janine Robinson, Georgina Starkie, Miguel Vences, and Frank Glaw. 2007. The First Comprehensive Survey of Amphibians and Reptiles at Montagne des Francais, Madagascar. Herp. Cons. Biol. 2 (2): 87-99 - get paper here
  • Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London
  • Fritz, Uwe; William R. Branch, Margaretha D. Hofmeyr, Jérôme Maran, Hynek Prokop, Alfred Schleicher, Pavel Š iroký, Heiko Stuckas, Mario Vargas-Ramírez, Miguel Vences, Anna K. Hundsdörfer 2010. Molecular phylogeny of African hinged and helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelusios and Pelomedusa). Zoologica Scripta DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00464.x - get paper here
  • Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
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  • Mashinini, P.L.; Mahlangu, L.M. 2014. An annotated catalogue of the types of chelonians (Reptilia: Testudines) in the Herpetology collection of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 4: - get paper here
  • McCord, W.P., Joseph-Ouni, M. & Bour, R. 2004. Chelonian Illustrations #17: Eastern and Southern African Mud Turtles. Reptilia (GB) (37): 73-77 - get paper here
  • Meier, Axel 2023. Uwemajo – ein Reptilienzoo zum Erhalt des Mangrovenwaldes auf Sansibar. Elaphe 2023 (4): 52-61
  • PAWLOWSKI, S. 2011. Does the Seychelles Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle Pelusios castanoides intergularis BOUR, 1983, face Extinction in its Natural Habitat? Sauria, Berlin 33 (2): 15-23 - get paper here
  • Pawlowski, S. & Krämer, C. 2006. Herpetologische Eindrücke von den zentralen Sychelleninseln Praslin, Curieuse, La Digue und Cousin. Elaphe 14 (3): 53-61
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  • Pawlowski, Sascha and Josianna Rose. 2014. Bemerkungen zum gegenwärtigen Populationsstatus der Seychellen-Gelbbauch-Pelomedusenschildkröte, Pelusios castanoides intergularis Bour, 1983, auf La Digue, Seychellen. Radiata 23 (4): 17-34
  • Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373
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  • Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here
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