Order Testudines Wagler, 1830 - turtles
   Suborder Pleurodira Cope, 1864
     Family Pelomedusidae Cope, 1868 - African mud terrapins
       Genus Pelusios Wagler, 1830
         01 Pelusios adansonii (Schweigger, 1812) - Adanson's mud turtle
         02 Pelusios bechuanicus FitzSimons, 1932 - Okavango mud turtle
         03 Pelusios broadleyi Bour, 1986 - Turkana mud turtle
         04 Pelusios carinatus Laurent, 1956 - African keeled mud turtle
         05 Pelusios castaneus (Schweigger, 1812) - West African mud turtle
         06 Pelusios castanoides Hewitt, 1931 - yellow-bellied mud turtle
         07 Pelusios chapini Laurent, 1965 - Central African mud turtle
         08 Pelusios cupulatta Bour & Maran, 2003 - Ivory Coast mud turtle
         09 Pelusios gabonensis (Duméril, 1856) - African forest turtle
         10 Pelusios marani Bour, 2000 - Gabon mud turtle
         11 Pelusios nanus Laurent, 1956 - African dwarf mud turtle
         12 Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron, 1835) - West African black mud turtle
         13 Pelusios rhodesianus Hewitt, 1927 - variable mud turtle
         14 Pelusios sinuatus (Smith, 1838) - serrated hinged terrapin
         15 Pelusios subniger (Bonnaterre, 1789) - East African black mud turtle
         16 Pelusios upembae Broadley, 1981 - Upemba mud turtle
         17 Pelusios williamsi Laurent, 1965 - Williams' mud turtle