Pelusios subniger (Bonnaterre 1789:30)

Holotype: MNHN 8366 (Bour 2004c:32 and 2008:36); illustrated in Lacepède (1788; opp. p. 175), reproduced in Bour(2004c:33),and photographed therein.

Pelusios subnigra Lacepède 1788:175

Holotype: MNHN 8366; illustrated in the original description (opp. p. 175), reproduced in Bour (2004c:33), and photographed therein.

Testudo nigricans Donndorff 1798:34

Holotype: Not located.

Pelusios subniger parietalis Bour (1983:359)

Holotype: USNM 19802 (Reynolds et al. 2007:30); paratypes (12), BMNH 1907.10.15.3, and 1907.10.15.4; MCZ 4487 and 45511; MNHN 5300; TMP 49339; USNM 19803–19804, 10989 (formerly MNHN 25), 20954 (formerly USNM Osteo 29349)(Reynolds et al. 2007:30); ZIN 5949; and ZMB 8675 (Fritz et al. 1994:161).