Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   8604
Province:   Lubombo District
Country:   eSwatini
Locus:   2631BD
Observer:   Braun K
Date of record:   2013-04-01
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   5820
Species name:   Pelusios sinuatus
Common name:   Serrated Hinged Terrapin
Family:   Pelomedusidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   terrapin
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-8604
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8604 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:  
Date:   2013-09-09 13:14:07
Species name:   Pelusios subniger -- Black-bellied Hinged Terrapin
Species code:   5830
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Carapace shape looks wrong for P. subniger, and no yellow colouration coming over bridge between carapace and plastron. Habitat is also wrong for P. sinuatus.
Date:   2020-04-30 13:05:35
Species name:   Pelusios sinuatus -- Serrated Hinged Terrapin
Species code:   5820

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