Central African mud turtle

Central African mud turtle
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Pelomedusidae
Genus:	Pelusios
Species:	P. chapini
Binomial name
	Pelusios chapini; Laurent, 1965
Synonyms
	Pelusios castaneus chapini ; Laurent, 1965; Pelusios chapini ; — Broadley, 1998;

The Central African mud turtle (Pelusios chapini) is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. The species is endemic to Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, chapini, is in honor of American ornithologist James Paul Chapin.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Rhodin et al. 2011, p. 000.215
^ ^a ^b Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 347–348
^ Species Pelusios chapini at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pelusios chapini, p. 52).

Central African mud turtle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Pelomedusidae
Genus:	Pelusios
Species:	P. chapini
Binomial name
*Pelusios chapini* Laurent, 1965^[1]^[2]
Synonyms^[2]^[3]
Pelusios castaneus chapini Laurent, 1965 Pelusios chapini — Broadley, 1998