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Our special thanks go to:
Dr. Roger Bour of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France.
His willingness to help us out on many matters concerning Pelusios turtles is of immense value.
Dr. Justin Gerlach of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Being a helping hand where needed and for reviewing our website.
Dr. Eugene S. Gaffney, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA.
Providing us with literature concerning the history of Pelomedusoides, making us understand more of the present families of Pelomedusidae and Podocnemididae.
Dr. Donald G. Broadley of the National Museum, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Allowing Peter to take photos of the museum's collection of Pelomedusidae gave us some fantastic pictures.
Ronald de Ruiter, collection manager fishes, reptiles & amphibians of the National Museum of Natural History/Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. Allowing Ferry to view and measure some of the Pelusios specimens in the museum's collection, provided new data and fantastic pictures.
We also like to thank the following persons for providing us with photos of both turtles and their habitats:
Malgosia Nowak-Kemp, Vertebrate Collections Manager, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Henk Zwartepoorte of Diergaarde Blijdorp Zoo-Rotterdam, chair ESF and chair TSA-Europe.
Dr. Harald Artner, chairman of the European Freshwater Turtle Breeders' Association.
Tomas Diagne, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Dakar, Senegal.
Bruce G. Marcot, Ph.D. Research Wildlife Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station,Portland-Oregon, USA.
Paul Vander Schouw.
Dominic Ertl.
Hynek Prokop.
Paul van Sloun, chief-editor of TRIONYX, the bi-monthly magazine of the Dutch Turtle & Tortoise Society (NSV).
Eddy Even.
Gaby Escobar.
Michael Seres
Disclaimer:
All pictures and/or drawings are made by Ferry Grünewald, Joshua Hunkele or Peter van Putten, unless otherwise noted.
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