Alamos mud turtle

Alamos mud turtle
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Kinosternon
Species: K. alamosae
Binomial name
Kinosternon alamosae
(Berry & Legler, 1980)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Kinosternon alamose Pritchard, 1979
  • Kinosternon alamosae Berry & Legler, 1980 (nomen nudum)
  • Kinosternon alamosae Berry & Legler, 1980
  • Kinosternon alamosa Rogner, 1996 (ex errore)

The Alamos mud turtle (Kinosternon alamosae) is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it occurs in the states of Sinaloa and Sonora.[2]

References

  1. Frost, D., Hammerson, G. & Gadsden, H. 2007. Kinosternon alamosae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 02 April 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rhodin, A. G. J., et al. Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated Checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs Volume 5.
  3. Fritz, U. and Havaš, P. (2007). Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Vertebrate Zoology 57(2).

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