Tabasco mud turtle

Tabasco mud turtle
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Kinosternon
Species: K. acutum
Binomial name
Kinosternon acutum
Gray, 1831
Synonyms[2]
  • Kinosternon scorpioides var. acuta Gray, 1831
  • Cinosternum berendtianum Cope, 1865
  • Cinosternon berendtianum Troschel, 1866
  • Cinosternon effeldtii Peters, 1873
  • Cinosternum effeldtii Günther, 1885
  • Cinosternum effeldti Gadow, 1905 (ex errore)
  • Kinosternon berendtianum Mertens, Müller & Rust, 1934
  • Kinosternon acutum Stejneger, 1941
  • Kinosternon berentianum Duellman, 1965 (ex errore)

The Tabasco mud turtle (Kinosternon acutum) is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico.

Notes

  1. IUCN Redlist.org
  2. Uwe, Fritz; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 250. ISSN 18640-5755. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

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