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Last update: September 5th, 2009.
In the last couple of years, interest in turtles from the families Pelomedusidae and Podocnemididae has been growing fast, especially from turtle keepers. This interest and lack of easily accessible, usable information has led us to create this website. Pelusios.com is a website made to fill the gap of public knowledge on species from the hyperfamily of Pelomedusoid turtles. We will try to do this by giving as accurate and up to date information as possible concerning turtles from the genus Pelusios, its relative Pelomedusa and their close family members from the genus Podocnemis, Peltocephalus and Erymnochelys.
It is our goal to provide as often as possible usable line drawings pointing out the basic anatomical characters of each species, adding to the recognizability of the species. Drawings to differentiate one species from other appearingly similar species will be added when ready as well as photos showing the variation within certain species or between different sexes.
Pelusios.com will try to provide both scientific information and information on the care of Pelomedusoid turtles in captivity.
When giving descriptions of turtles, do take in account that we are giving descriptions of adult turtles, unless otherwise noted.
All descriptions are given in the same way, so that comparing species is not difficult when following the given properties.
Though we also provide caresheets, we strongly recommend that the caresheets are only used as basic guidelines. We encourage further study on natural behavior and habitat as this will provide better understanding for the requirements of turtles in captivity.
Ferry Grünewald, Zaandam - the Netherlands
Joshua Hunkele, Elmira, NY - USA
Peter van Putten, Amsterdam - the Netherlands
© www.pelusios.com, 2009
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