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A revision of African helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa), with descriptions of six new species

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  • 1. Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden, A. B. Meyer Building, 01109 Dresden, Germany
  • 2. Department of Herpetology, Port Elizabeth Museum, P.O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa & Department of Zoology, P.O. Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa
  • 3. Unit for Environmental Science & Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
  • 4. Chelonian Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
  • 5. P.O. Box 30566, Windhoek, Namibia
  • 6. Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého tř. 1/3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic

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Petzold, Alice, Vargas-Ramírez, Mario, Kehlmaier, Christian, Vamberger, Melita, Branch, William R., Preez, Louis Du, Hofmeyr, Margaretha D., Meyer, Leon, Schleicher, Alfred, Široký, Pavel, Fritz, Uwe (2014): A revision of African helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa), with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 3795 (5): 523-548, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.5.2

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