🦋 Family
Pelomedusidae
Pelusios sinuatus (Smith, 1838)
Pelusios sinuatus (Smith, 1838)
Pelusios sinuatus is the largest Pelusios species, found across tropical southern and eastern Africa in lakes and rivers.
Pelomedusa subrufa (Bonnaterre, 1789)
Pelomedusa subrufa (Bonnaterre, 1789)
Pelomedusa subrufa, the African helmeted turtle, is a small African semiaquatic turtle with a non-hinged plastron.
Pelomedusa galeata (Schoepff, 1792)
Pelomedusa galeata (Schoepff, 1792)
Pelomedusa galeata, the cape terrapin, is a freshwater turtle found across southern Africa with distinct seasonal reproduction.
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