Pelusios williamsi laurenti Bour 1984:29

Holotype: MCZ 30016; paratype (1), MCZ 30017. Both types photographed in the original description (p. 27, Fig. 1).

Pelusios williamsi lutescens Laurent 1965: 16

Holotype: IRSNB 6822; paratypes (60): IRSNB 1793, 1796-98, 1802-03, 5306, 5309-14, 5331, 6812-21, 6823-36, and 6838-43; MCZ 19769 and 48013; MRAC 10391, 11970-71, 12326, 12364-70, 16579-80, and 20634 (MRAC 12367 photographed in Vetter 2002:96 and 2011:150). McCoy & Censky (1982:322) listed CM 62248 as a paratype.