Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7304639 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287E8-FFB0-FF80-FF4B-F805FB64E3F6 |
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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) .
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Estacion Biologica de Donana |
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Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
| Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La 2022 |
Sternothaerus heinrothi
| Kanberg, H. 1924: 195 |
Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
| Schmidt, K. P. 1919: 402 |
Sternothaerus oxyrhinus
| Boulenger, G. A. 1897: 919 |