Vital Statistics
- Latin Name
- Pelusios Sinuatus
- Length_F
- 300 - 400 mm
- Length_M
- 300 - 400 mm
- Order
- Tsetudines
- Family
- Pelomedusidae
- Description
- The largest hinged terrapin. The carapace and bridge are uniform black in colour. The plastron is yellow-centered, with a sharply defined, black, angular pattern around the edge. The skin of the neck and limbs is pale olive-grey.
- Class
- Reptilia
- Distribution
- Tropical East Africa, along Zambezi River to Victoria Falls, and south to Zululand.
- Breeding
- The female lays 7 - 25 eggs, up to 500 m from the nearest water, in October - January. In the wild, hatchlings appear in March - April.
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