Turkana mud turtle explained

Pelusios broadleyi, commonly known as the Turkana mud turtle, Broadley's mud turtle, or the Lake Turkana hinged terrapin, is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. The species is native to eastern Africa.

Geographic range

Pelusios broadleyi is endemic to Lake Turkana in East Africa. It has only been confirmed from the Kenyan part of this lake, but may well occur in the Ethiopian (it has been recorded very close to the border).^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. broadleyi is freshwater wetlands.

Etymology

The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of herpetologist Donald G. Broadley.^[2]

Further reading

• Bour R (1986). "Note sur Pelusios adansonii (Schweigger, 1812) et sur une nouvelle espèce affine du Kenya (Chelonii, Pelomedusidae)". Studia Geologica Salmanticensia, Studia Palaeocheloniologica 2 (2): 23–54. (Pelusios broadleyi, new species). (in French).
• Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. . (Pelusios broadleyi, p. 54).

Notes and References

1. Turtles of the world, 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status(8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs. 7. October 4, 2019. August 3, 2017. Rhodin . Anders G.J. . Iverson . John B. . Bour . Roger . Fritz . Uwe . Georges . Arthur . Shaffer . H. Bradley . van Dijk . Peter Paul. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group. Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. 8. Rhodin, A.G.J. . Iverson, J.B. . van Dijk, P.P. . Saumure, R.A. . Buhlmann, K.A. . . Mittermeier, R.A.. 1–292. 978-1-5323-5026-9. 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017.
2. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens, Bo]