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Pelusios castaneus (Schweigger, 1812) 
West African Mud Turtle 
Emys castanea Schweigger 1812:314. Holotype: MNHN speeimen lost fide Bour (1978 “1979”) (eolleetor 
unknown); Neotype: MNHN 2008.0303 (eolleetor Fouehard-Togamin), designated by Bour (2008). Type 
loeality: “Patria ignota” [unknown]; Neotype loeality: “vicinity of Koutchatcha (7°20’ N, 1°18’ E), a vil¬ 
lage elose to the Amou River (ea. 30 km East of Glei), Ogou Prefeeture, Plateaux Region, Togo.” 
Sternothaerus derbianus: Peters (1877a:611), Frade (1963:252). 
Sternothaerus Derbianus: Boeage (1895a:3). 
Pelusios subniger Loveridge (1941b:491, 1957:175). 
Pelusios eastaneus: Iverson (1986:241, 1992:60), Fritz and Havas 2007:346, Kindler et al. (2016:305), Bour 
et al. (2016:095.1). 
Pelusios eastaneus eastaneus: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2014:436); Bour et al. (2016:095.3). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known from West Africa, from Senegal east through 
extreme southern Chad and the adjacent Central African Republic. A southern population occurring 
in near-coastal localities from Gabon to northern Angola is disjunct from the main distribution. 
Introduced populations occur on Sao Tome and on Guadeloupe (but not on the Cape Verde Islands 
as previously noted; see Bour et al. 2016). 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 112): This 
species occurs along the coast in the northwest 
from southern Bengo Province north to Cabin¬ 
da. Cabinda: “Chinchoxo” [-5.10000, 
12.10000] (Peters 1877a:611; Loveridge 
1941b:501). Luanda: “Loanda” [-8.83333, 
13.26667] (Boeage 1895a;3; Loveridge 
1941b:501); “Cacuaco, 10 km NE Luanda” 
[-8.78333, 13.36667] (Bour et al. 2016:095.3). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
One non-nominate subspecies has been recog¬ 
nized, the extinct P. c. seychellensis (Sieben- 
rock, 1906) (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group 
2014; Bour et al. 2016), although molecular 
evidence suggests that it should be considered 
a junior synonym of the nominate form 
(Stuckas et al. 2013; Kindler et al. 2016). 
Loveridge (1941b) considered Sternothaerus 
Map 112. Distribution of Pelusios castaneus in Angola. 
derbianus as used by Peters (1877a) and Boeage (1895a) as a synonym of Pelusios subniger 
(Lacepede, 1789). Laurent (1956) revived/] derbianus and P. rhodesianus Hewitt, 1927 as races 
of Pelusios castaneus (Schweigger, 1812) although Bour (1978 “1979”) applied the name 
P. castaneus castaneus to the West African form, with derbianus as a synonym (Broadley 1981a). 
Bour et al. (2016) mapped several additional localities in Angola, all from near-coastal sites in 
Luanda and Bengo provinces, although place names were not given. 
Pelusios chapini Laurent, 1965 Central African Mud Turtle 
Pelusios eastaneus ehapini Laurent 1965:21, pi. 3, figs. 1-4. Holotype: MRAC 20937 (eolleetor R.F. Lau¬ 
rent). Type loeality: “Kasenyi, Lake Albert, Bunia Terr., Ituri, Congo” [= Lake Albert, Kasenyi, Ituri 
Provinee], Demoeratie Republie of Congo. 
Pelusios ehapini: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2014:437), Kindler et al. (2016:305). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
