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Pelusios williamsi Laurent 1965

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Scientific name: Pelusios williamsi
Author: Laurent 1965
Rank: Species
Status: valid

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Common names:
Williams' Mud Turtle



Subspecies / Varieties / Hybrids / Forms:
1) Pelusios williamsi laurenti Bour 1984
2) Pelusios williamsi lutescens Laurent 1965
3) Pelusios williamsi williamsi Laurent 1965

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(*) Retrieved [February, 2, 2021], from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov

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1) Carettochelyidae (Pitted-shelled Turtles... 2) Chelidae (Snake-necked Turtles) 3) Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles) 4) Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles) 5) Dermatemydidae (River Turtles) 6) Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtles) 7) Emydidae (Emydid Turtles) 8) Geoemydidae 9) Kinosternidae (Mud Turtles) 10) Pelomedusidae (African Mud Terrapins) 11) Platysternidae (Big-headed Turtles) 12) Podocnemididae 13) Testudinidae (Tortoises) 14) Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)

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Select a species (Pelusios):

1) Pelusios adansonii Schweigger 1812 2) Pelusios bechuanicus FitzSimons 1932 3) Pelusios broadleyi Bour 1986 4) Pelusios carinatus Laurent 1956 5) Pelusios castaneus castaneus Schweigger 1812 6) Pelusios castaneus chapini Laurent 1965 7) Pelusios castaneus kapika Bour 1979 8) Pelusios castaneus Schweigger 1812 9) Pelusios castaneus seychellensis Siebenrock 1906 10) Pelusios castanoides castanoides Hewitt 1931 11) Pelusios castanoides Hewitt 1931 12) Pelusios castanoides intergularis Bour 1983 13) Pelusios chapini Laurent 1965 14) Pelusios cupulatta Bour and Maran 2003 15) Pelusios gabonensis Duméril 1856 16) Pelusios marani Bour 2000 17) Pelusios nanus Laurent 1956 18) Pelusios niger Duméril and Bibron 1835 19) Pelusios nigricans rhodesianus Hewitt 1927 20) Pelusios rhodesianus Hewitt 1927 21) Pelusios seychellensis Siebenrock 1906 22) Pelusios sinuatus leptus Hewitt 1933 23) Pelusios sinuatus Smith 1838 24) Pelusios sinuatus zuluensis Hewitt 1927 25) Pelusios subniger Bonnaterre 1789 26) Pelusios subniger Lacépède 1788 27) Pelusios subniger parietalis Bour 1983 28) Pelusios subniger subniger Bonnaterre 1789 29) Pelusios upembae Broadley 1981 30) Pelusios williamsi Laurent 1965 31) Pelusios williamsi laurenti Bour 1984 32) Pelusios williamsi lutescens Laurent 1965 33) Pelusios williamsi williamsi Laurent 1965

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1) (no name) 2) African Dwarf Mud Turtle (Pelusios nanus) 3) African Forest Turtle (Pelusios gabonensis) 4) African Keeled Mud Turtle (Pelusios carinatus) 5) Albert Nile Mud Turtle (Pelusios williamsi lutescens) 6) Central African Mud Turtle (Pelusios chapini) 7) East African black mud turtle (Pelusios subniger) 8) East African Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle (Pelusios castanoides castanoides) 9) Gabon Mud Turtle (Pelusios marani) 10) Ivory Coast Mud Turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) 11) Lake Victoria Mud Turtle (Pelusios williamsi williamsi) 12) Mashona Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios rhodesianus) 13) Okavango Mud Turtle (Pelusios bechuanicus) 14) Serrated Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus) 15) Seychelles Black Mud Turtle (Pelusios subniger parietalis) 16) Seychelles Mud Turtle (Pelusios castaneus seychellensis) 17) Seychelles Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle (Pelusios castanoides intergularis) 18) Turkana Mud Turtle (Pelusios broadleyi) 19) Ukerewe Island Mud Turtle (Pelusios williamsi laurenti) 20) Upemba Mud Turtle (Pelusios upembae) 21) West African Black Mud Turtle (Pelusios niger) 22) West African Mud Turtle (Pelusios castaneus) 23) Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle (Pelusios castanoides)

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