The species Pelusios seychellensis has been deem to never existed due to confusion with a different regional turtle. At the Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden, reserchers utilizing genetic material from fossils of A previous Pelusios seychellensis, establish that its genetic material does not differ from that of its extant counterpart Pelusios castaneus" West African mud turtle". With the vast range of west Africa to aid in migration and their identical DNA, this lead to the conclusions that the idea from 1906 of a new turtle species, Seychelles is wrong but rather only one species ever existed. In accordance with the results are some possible protection changes to accomodate species that are actually endangered or facing extinction.
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Vince Essien
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So was this particular type of turtle never in the Seychelles or was it there and just not a distinct species? If it was in the Seychelles, how did it get there?
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