West African Mud Turtle

Pelusios castaneus (Schweigger 1812)

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Pelusios castaneus (West African mud turtle) is a species of turtle in the family African mud terrapins. It is associated with freshwater habitat. It is found in the Afrotropics. Individuals are known to live for 41 years.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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EOL has data for 8 attributes, including:

Biogeographic realm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000071
- Definition: The largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of plants and animals.
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the Afrotropics
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Afrotropical
- Attribution: Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN
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body mass
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001259
- Definition: The amount of matter in the body of an organism.
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6929.19 g
conservation status
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#ConservationStatus
- Definition: degree of conservation concern as assessed by a government agency or other recognized authority such as IUCN or CITES
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extinct
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extinct
- Definition: A taxon is Extinct when there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. A taxon is presumed Extinct when exhaustive surveys in known and/or expected habitat, at appropriate times (diurnal, seasonal, annual), throughout its historic range have failed to record an individual. Surveys should be over a time frame appropriate to the taxon’s life cycle and life form.
- Attribution: http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria
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ecoregion
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q295469
- Definition: ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a biogeographic realm
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Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Western_Congolian_forest-savanna_mosaic
- Attribution: https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at0723
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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Togo
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2363686
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
- Definition: The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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marsh
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000035
- Definition: A wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water.
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total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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41 years

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of West African mud turtle

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