Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Duméril, A.M.C., and G. Bibron. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles, Vol. 2.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Testudines
- family
- Pelomedusidae
- genus
- Pelusios
- species
- Pelusios niger
Name
- Synonyms
- Sternothaerus heinrothi Kanberg, 1924
- Sternothaerus oxyrhinus Boulenger, 1897
- Sternotherus niger Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Homonyms
- Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
- Common names
- Schwarze Pelomedusenschildkröte in German
- West African Black Forest Turtle in English
- West African Black Mud Turtle in English
- West African Black Turtle in English
- West African black mud turtle in English
- West African Black Mud Turtle in English
- Black Hinged Terrapin in English
- Péluse à bec crochu in French
Bibliographic References
- Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
- Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.