Ivory Coast mud turtle | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Pelomedusidae |
Genus: | Pelusios |
Species: | P. cupulatta
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Binomial name | |
Pelusios cupulatta | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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The Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. It is one of the most recently described turtle species. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Ghana, Togo and Benin.[1]