Williams' mud turtle

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| image = William's African Mud Turtle (Pelusios williamsi) (7080593585).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{sfn|Rhodin|2011|p=000.216}}

| genus = Pelusios

| species = williamsi

| authority = Laurent, 1965{{sfn|Rhodin|2011|p=000.216}}{{sfn|Fritz|2007|p=350}}

| synonyms = None

| synonyms_ref = {{sfn|Fritz|2007|p=350}}

}}

Williams' mud turtle (Pelusios williamsi) is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. The species is endemic to Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, williamsi, is in honor of American herpetologist Ernest E. Williams.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Pelusios williamsi, p. 286).

Geographic range

Pelusios williamsi is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.{{sfn|Rhodin|2011|p=000.216}}

Subspecies

P. w. williamsi {{small|Laurent, 1956}} - Lake Victoria mud turtle
P. w. laurenti {{small|Bour, 1984}} - Ukerewe Island mud turtle
P. w. lutescens {{small|Laurent, 1956}} - Albert Nile mud turtle{{sfn|Rhodin|2011|p=000.216}}

References

Bibliography

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{{cite web | url = http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf | title = Checklist of Chelonians of the World | date= 2007-10-31 | access-date = 2010-12-29 | last1 = Fritz | first1 = Uwe | last2 = Havaš | first2 = Peter | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110501060224/http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf | archive-date = 2011-05-01 | url-status = dead | ref = {{harvid|Fritz|2007}} }}