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Order: Casichelydia
Family: Pelomedusidae
Species: Pelusios sp.  
Cat No: NRM 6153. N=1
Determiner: Åhlander, E 2008 Length: 76 mm SL Preparation: Skin
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River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: From the Collection of Charles de Geer at Leufsta Manor - checked by de Geer in his copies of Linnaeus Syst. Nat. X and XII
Field Number: KVA-DEGEER10 Leg: Date: 1738-1766

Object remarks: Quensel refer in his catalogue to a paper by Hagström, 1784, discussing a captive specimen identified as Testudo pusillus. That specimens weight is about 400g and not identical with this specimen /EIÅ, 2008 Possibly identical with a Testudo pusilla in the catalogues of Hornstedt, Quensel and Swartz indicated to have been previously stored in alcohol. /EIÅ, 2013. Marked T pusilla on carapax. As such checked in both Syst. Nat. X & XII of de Geer. Probably dry mounted by Sparrman & Euphrasén. /EIÅ, 2014
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