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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 
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) 
Diagnosis 
CommentHabitat: freshwater (Lakes, quiet rivers) 
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 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. 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
  • Hughes, B. 1986. Longevity Records of African Captive Amphibians and Reptiles: Part 1: Introduction and Species List 1 - Amphibians and Chelonians. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (32): 1-5 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1941. Revision of the African terrapins of the family Pelomedusidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 88: 467-524. - get paper here
  • Luiselli, L.; Demaya, G.S.; Benansio, J.S.; Petrozzi, F.; Akani,<br />G.C.; Eniang, E.A.; Ajong, S.N.; Di Vittorio, M.; Amadi, N.; Dendi, D. 2021. A Comparative Analysis of the Diets of a Genus of Freshwater Turtles across Africa. Diversity 2021, 13, 165 - get paper here
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  • Schweigger, A.F. 1812. Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum auctore Schweigger. Königsberg. Arch. Naturwiss. Mathem., 1: 271-368, 406-458.
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