Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Pelomedusidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Testudines Genus Pelusios | |
Similar Variable mud turtle, Upemba mud turtle, Williams' mud turtle, African forest turtle, West African black turtle | ||
The Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) is a species of turtle in the Pelomedusidae family. It is one of the most recently described turtle species. It is endemic to Ivory Coast(Côte d'Ivoire), Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo in Africa.
References
Ivory Coast mud turtle Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA