Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 19-20

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1

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scientific name

Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
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Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)

Sternotherus niger Duméril & Bibron, 1835: 397 . Type locality: “probablement… Madagascar ” (in error).

Sternothaerus oxyrhinus Boulenger, 1897a: 919 . Type locality: unknown; “probably…Tropical Africa”.

Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835) : Schmidt 1919: 402.

Sternothaerus heinrothi Kanberg, 1924: 195 . Type locality: Cameroon.

Distribution. Gulf of Guinea, from Benin to Gabon. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Río Muni (close to Bata and Dijbloho) ( Iverson 1992; Luiselli et al. 2018; Rhodin et al. 2017) ( Map 2A View MAPS 2 ).

Comments. The phylogenetic relationships of the genus Pelusios are discussed by Stuckas et al. (2013). Pelusios niger is the sister lineage to P. cupulatta Bour & Maran, 2003 ( Stuckas et al. 2013).

Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: Mbini-Senye, 30 June 1986 ( EBD 20918) .

EBD

Estacion Biologica de Donana

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Pelomedusidae

Genus

Pelusios

Loc

Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La 2022
2022
Loc

Sternothaerus heinrothi

Kanberg, H. 1924: 195
1924
Loc

Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)

Schmidt, K. P. 1919: 402
1919
Loc

Sternothaerus oxyrhinus

Boulenger, G. A. 1897: 919
1897
Loc

Sternotherus niger Duméril & Bibron, 1835: 397

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