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Pelusios rhodesianus
The variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 73896.