Kinosternon

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iKinosternon
Mississippi Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Kinosternoidea Family: Kinosternidae Genus: Kinosternon Spix, 1824

Kinosternon is a genus of aquatic turtle known commonly as the mud turtle. They are found throughout the United States, Mexico and Central America, south into South America in Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. They are very similar to the musk turtles, but generally smaller in size, and their carapace is not as highly domed. All mud turtles are carnivorous, consuming various aquatic invertebrates, fish, and even carrion.

[edit] Species

• Tabasco Mud Turtle, Kinosternon acutum (Gray, 1831)
• Alamos Mud Turtle, Kinosternon alamosae (Berry & Legler, 1980)
• Central American Mud Turtle, Kinosternon angustipons (Legler, 1965)
• Striped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon baurii (Garman, 1891)
• Jalisco Mud Turtle, Kinosternon chimalhuaca (Berry, Seidel, & Iverson, 1997)
• Creaser's Mud Turtle, Kinosternon creaseri (Hartweg, 1934)
• Red-cheeked Mud Turtle, Kinosternon cruentatum (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1851)
• Colombian Mud Turtle, Kinosternon dunni (Schmidt, 1947)
• Yellow Mud Turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Agassiz, 1857)
• Herrara's Mud Turtle , Kinosternon herrerai (Stejneger, 1945)
• Mexican Mud Turtle, Kinosternon hirtipes (Wagler, 1830)
• Mexican Mud Turtle, Kinosternon integrum (Le Conte, 1854)
• White-lipped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon leucostomum (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1851)
• Oaxaca Mud Turtle, Kinosternon oaxacae (Berry & Iverson, 1980)
• Scorpion Mud Turtle, Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Sonoran Mud Turtle, Kinosternon sonoriense (Le Conte, 1854)
• Kinosternon spurrelli (Boulenger, 1913)
• Eastern Mud Turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum (Lacépède, 1788)

[edit] References

• Genus Kinosternon at the EMBL Reptile Database