East African black mud turtle

Description:

The East African black mud turtle has a smooth, domed carapace with a length of 5.1-7.9 in. The carapace is typically dark brown, grey, or black, often with yellow or dark markings on the margins. They are rather dull in color like most of their genus. The plastron is hinged. The underside of the turtle can be brown, grey, black, or yellow. The upper jaw has a blunt, smooth shape. The head of an adult is generally uniform in colour. As in all side-necked turtles, the neck retracts the head sideways instead of vertically into the shell.

Habitat:

By the side of a waterhole in shrubland