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Taxonomy of the family Pelomedusidae Biodiversity of the family Pelomedusidae

Bibliography of the family
Pelomedusidae
(African Side-necked Turtles)

(Reptilia: Testudines)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Boulenger, G.A. 1888. On the characters of the chelonian families Pelomedusidae and Chelydidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6) 6(1): 346-347.

Branch, W.R.; Benn, G.A.; Lombard, A.T. 1995. The tortoises (Testudinidae) and terrapins (Pelomedusidae) of southern Africa: their diversity, distribution and conservation. South African Journal of Zoology 30(3): 91-102.

Chabanaud, P. 1934. Contribution a l'osteologie des cheloniens Pleurodires de la famille des Pelomedusides. Faune Colon. franc. Paris 5: 235-308.

Fritz, U.; Obst, F.J.; Günther, R. 1993. Erstnachweise aus der Schildkrötensammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin (Reptilia, Testudines, Chelidae, Pelomedusidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 69(2): 345-346.

Loveridge, A. 1941. Revision of the African terrapins of the family Pelomedusidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 88(6): 467-524.

Noonan, B.P. 2000. Does the phylogeny of pelomedusoid turtles reflect vicariance due to continental drift? Journal of Biogeography 27(5): 1245-1249.

Wood, R.C. 1984. Evolution of the pelomedusid turtles. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia Volumen Especial 1: 269-282.