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Pelomedusa galeata  (Schoepff, 1792)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1233130

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Pentonyx capensis Duméril and Bibron, 1835
  
    Pelomedusa nigra Gray, 1863
  
    Pelomedusa galeata orangensis Hewitt, 1935
  
    Pelomedusa galeata devilliersi Hewitt, 1935
  
    Testudo galeata Schoepff, 1792
  
  Common Name(s): South African Helmeted Turtle [English]
  
    Cape Terrapin [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderPleurodira Cope, 1864  
                               SuperfamilyPelomedusoidea Cope, 1868  
                                  FamilyPelomedusidae Cope, 1868 – Afro-American side-necked turtles, hidden-necked turtles, African Mud Terrapins  
                                     GenusPelomedusa Wagler, 1830 – Helmeted Turtles  
                                        SpeciesPelomedusa galeata (Schoepff, 1792) – South African Helmeted Turtle, Cape Terrapin  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.]  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8   
  Page(s): x + 472   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Pelomedusa galeata, Cape Terrapin [English], South African Helmeted Turtle [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: IUCN Red List: Least Concern (LC) (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2021))  
 

 

    

 
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