Yellowbelly mud turtle  (Pelusios castanoides)

Aestivation: Period of dormancy occurring in hot, dry periods, analogous to hibernation in winter.
Carapace: The top shell of a turtle.
Endemic: A species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
Nocturnal: Active at night.
Plastron: In reptiles, the lower shell of a turtle.
Pulmonate: Of or belonging to the Pulmonata, a subclass of gastropods including terrestrial snails and slugs and certain freshwater snails that are capable of breathing air through lung-like sacs.

1. IUCN Red List (July, 2006)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org
   
2. Turtles of the World (CD-ROM), by Ernst, C.H., Altenburg, R.G.M. and Barbour, R.W. (September, 2006)
   http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/turtles.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=125
   
3. EMYSystem Species Pages: Pelusios castanoides (September, 2006)
   http://emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Pelusioscastanoides/Pelusioscastanoides.html
   
4. Gerlach, J. and Canning, L. (2001) Range contractions in the Critically Endangered Seychelles terrapins (Pelusios spp.). Oryx, 35 (4): 313 - 321. Available at:
   http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-3008.2001.00203.x#search=%22Range%20contractions%20in%20the%20Critically%20Endangered%20Seychelles%20terrapins%22
   
5. Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles (December, 2008)
   http://islandbiodiversity.com