Description

Distribution. Widespread from West Africa to Central Africa, southward to Angola. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Río Muni, at Monte Alén National Park (Lasso et al. 2002). It has been found very close to the eastern border between Gabon and Río Muni (localities not specified) (Iverson 1992; Rhodin et al. 2017) (Map 1 C).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Testudines

Family: Pelomedusidae

Genus: Pelusios

Species: Pelusios gabonensis (Duméril, 1856)