The Eritrean helmeted turtle (Pelomedusa gehafie), also known as the Eritrean side-neck turtle, is a species of Pelomedusa known only from Eritrea.[1] The species was first identified in 1835. It was declared extinct after not been seen for almost a century but some populations were rediscovered in 2016 in the streams of Damas river at Ghinda in the eastern coastal mountains.[2]