Upemba mud turtle

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Upemba mud turtle
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Pelomedusidae
Genus:	Pelusios
Species:	P. upembae
Binomial name
Pelusios upembae Broadley, 1981

The Upemba mud turtle (Pelusios upembae) is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae.

It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

• Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Pelusios upembae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Subclass: Anapsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Pleurodira
Family	Subfamily Genus Subgenus Species
Chelidae	Chelinae Acanthochelys   Acanthochelys macrocephala Acanthochelys pallidipectoris Acanthochelys radiolata Acanthochelys spixii Chelus   Chelus fimbriata Chelus orinocensis †Chelus colombiana Mesoclemmys   Mesoclemmys dahli Mesoclemmys gibba Mesoclemmys jurutiensis Mesoclemmys nasuta Mesoclemmys perplexa Mesoclemmys raniceps Mesoclemmys sabiniparaensis Mesoclemmys tuberculata Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei †Mesoclemmys vanegasorum Mesoclemmys zuliae Phrynops   Phrynops geoffroanus Phrynops hilarii †Phrynops paranaensis Phrynops tuberosus Phrynops williamsi Platemys   Platemys platycephala Ranacephala   Ranacephala hogei Rhinemys   Rhinemys rufipes Chelodininae Chelodina Chelodina Chelodina canni Chelodina gunaleni Chelodina longicollis Chelodina mccordi †Chelodina murrayi Chelodina novaeguineae Chelodina pritchardi Chelodina reimanni Chelodina steindachneri Chelydera †Chelodina alanrixi Chelodina burrungandjii Chelodina expansa Chelodina insculpta Chelodina kuchlingi Chelodina kurrichalpongo Chelodina parkeri Chelodina rugosa Chelodina walloyarrina Macrochelodina Chelodina oblonga Elseya Elseya Elseya dentata Elseya branderhorsti Elseya flaviventralis Pelocomastes Elseya albagula Elseya irwini Elseya lavarackorum †Elseya nadibajagu †Elseya uberrima Hanwarachelys Elseya caelatus Elseya novaeguineae Elseya orestiad Elseya rhodini Elseya schultzei Elusor   Elusor macrurus Emydura   Emydura australis Emydura gunaleni Emydura macquarii Emydura subglobosa Emydura tanybaraga Emydura victoriae Myuchelys   Myuchelys belli Myuchelys georgesi Myuchelys latisternum Myuchelys purvisi Rheodytes   Rheodytes leukops †Rheodytes devisi Hydromedusinae Hydromedusa   Hydromedusa maximiliani Hydromedusa tectifera Pseudemydurinae Pseudemydura   Pseudemydura umbrina
Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa   Pelomedusa subrufa Pelusios   Pelusios adansonii Pelusios bechuanicus Pelusios broadleyi Pelusios carinatus Pelusios castaneus Pelusios castanoides Pelusios chapini Pelusios cupulatta Pelusios gabonensis Pelusios marani Pelusios nanus Pelusios niger Pelusios rhodesianus Pelusios sinuatus Pelusios subniger Pelusios upembae Pelusios williamsi
Podocnemididae	Erymnochelys   Erymnochelys madagascariensis Peltocephalus   Peltocephalus dumerilianus Podocnemis   Podocnemis erythrocephala Podocnemis expansa Podocnemis lewyana Podocnemis sextuberculata Podocnemis unifilis Podocnemis vogli
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2021 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Key: †=extinct.

Taxon identifiers
Pelusios upembae	Wikidata: Q2096834 Wikispecies: Pelusios upembae ADW: Pelusios_upembae CoL: 76FP6 EoL: 790122 GBIF: 2442340 iNaturalist: 40135 IRMNG: 10362289 ITIS: 551832 IUCN: 16531 NCBI: 911726 Observation.org: 102070 Open Tree of Life: 10577 RD: upembae

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