Pelusios castanoides Hewitt 1931:463

Holotype: TMP 13433 (Anon 1958:128; photographed in the original description; Pl. XXXVI, Figs. 1–2); no paratypes designated.

Pelusios castaneus kapika Bour 1979:149

Holotype: MNHN 1929.238 (Broadley 1981b:656); syntypes (5), MNHN 1899-158, 4138, 5249, 8367, and 9400.