西非側頸龜

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| image = Pelusios castaneus002.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN2.3
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| genus = Pelusios
| species = castaneus
| authority = Schweigger, 1812
| synonyms =
Emys castanea - Schweigger, 1812

Sternothaerus leachianus - Bell. 1825

Pelusios castaneus - Wagler, 1830

Chelys (Sternotherus) castaneus - Gray, 1831

Sternotherus castaneus - Gray, 1831

Sternotherus leachianus - Duméril & Bibron, 1835

Clemmys (Pelusios) castanea - Fitzinger, 1835

Sternotherus derbianus - Gray, 1844

Sternothaerus castaneus - Gray, 1856

Sternothaerus derbianus - Gray, 1856

Sternothaerus nigricans castaneus – Siebenrock, 1906

Sternothaerus nigricans var. castanea – Boulenger, 1907

Pelusios derbianus – Schmidt, 1919

Pelusios nigricans castaneus – Hewitt, 1927

Pelusios seychellensis – Siebenrock, 1906

Pelusios subniger castaneus – Mertens, 1933

Pelusios castaneus castaneus – Laurent, 1965

Pelusios castaneus derbianus – Laurent, 1965

Pelusios derbyanus - Pritchard (ex errore), 1967
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其原因可能是標本在送往漢堡動物園博物館時被弄混了。

分佈
西非側頸龜發現於下列西非國家和地區：安哥拉、貝寧、佈基納法索、喀麥隆、佛得角、剛果民主共和國、剛果共和國、赤道幾內亞、加蓬、加納、幾內亞、幾內亞比紹、象牙海岸、利比里亞、馬里、普林西比島、塞內加爾、塞拉利昂、多哥。後來被引進到瓜德羅普。

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外部連結

• [http://www.empireoftheturtle.com/pelusios_castaneus.htm Pelusios castaneus West African Mud Turtle]