Seychelles black terrapin

Seychelles black terrapin
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Pelomedusidae
Genus: Pelusios
Species: P. seychellensis
Binomial name
Pelusios seychellensis
(Siebenrock, 1906)

The Seychelles black terrapin (Pelusios seychellensis), Seychelles mud turtle, or Seychelles terrapin was a species of turtle in the Pelomedusidae family. It was endemic to Seychelles. It became extinct due to habitat loss.

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