Kinosternon

Kinosternon
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 turtles known commonly as mud turtles.

Geographic range

They are found throughout the United States, Mexico and Central America, south into South America in Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru.

Description

They are very similar to the musk turtles, but generally smaller in size, and their carapace is not as highly domed.

Diet

All mud turtles are carnivorous, consuming various aquatic invertebrates, fish, and even carrion.

Species

• Tabasco mud turtle - Kinosternon acutum (Gray, 1831)
• Alamos mud turtle - Kinosternon alamosae (Berry & Legler, 1980)
• Central American mud turtle - Kinosternon angustipons (Legler, 1965)
• Arizona mud turtle - Kinosternon arizonense (Gilmore, 1923)
• Striped mud turtle - Kinosternon baurii (Garman, 1891)
• Jalisco mud turtle - Kinosternon chimalhuaca (Berry, Seidel, & Iverson, 1996)
• Creaser's mud turtle - Kinosternon creaseri (Hartweg, 1934)
• Dunn's mud turtle - Kinosternon dunni (Schmidt, 1947)
• Durango mud turtle - Kinosternon durangoense (Iverson, 1979)
• Yellow mud turtle - Kinosternon flavescens (Agassiz, 1857)
• Herrara's mud turtle - Kinosternon herrerai (Stejneger, 1925)
• Mexican mud turtle - Kinosternon hirtipes (Wagler, 1830))
  • Valley of Mexico mud turtle - Kinosternon hirtipes hirtipes (Wagler, 1830)
  • Lake Chapala mud turtle - Kinosternon hirtipes chapalaense (Iverson, 1981)
  • San Juanico mud turtle - Kinosternon hirtipes magdalense (Iverson, 1981)
  • Viesca mud turtle - Kinosternon hirtipes megacephalum (Extinct) (Iverson, 1981)
  • Mexican plateau mud turtle - Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi (Glass and Hartweg, 1951)
  • Patzcuarco mud turtle - Kinosternon hirtipes tarascense (Inverson, 1981)
• Guanajuato mud turtle - Kinosternon integrum (Le Conte, 1954)
• White-lipped mud turtle - Kinosternon leucostomum (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1851)
  • Northern white-lipped mud turtle - Kinosternon leucostomum leucostomum (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1851)
  • Southern white-lipped mud turtle - Kinosternon leucostomum postinguinale (Cope, 1887)
• Oaxaca mud turtle - Kinosternon oaxacae Berry & Iverson, 1980
• Scorpion mud turtle - Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Scorpion mud turtle (subspecies) - Kinosternon scorpioides scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Central Chiapas mud turtle - Kinosternon scorpioides abaxillare (Baur, 1925)
  • White-throated mud turtle - Kinosternon scorpioides albogulare (Duméril and Bibron, 1870)
  • Red-cheeked mud turtle - Kinosternon scorpioides cruentatum (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1851)
• Sonora mud turtle - Kinosternon sonoriense (Le Conte, 1854)
  • Sonora mud turtle (subspecies) - Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense (Le Conte, 1854)
  • Sonoyta mud turtle - Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale (Inverson, 1981)
• Eastern mud turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum (Bonnaterre, 1789)
  • Eastern mud turtle (subspecies) - Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum (Bonnaterre, 1789)
  • Mississippi mud turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis (Bonnaterre, 1789)
  • Florida mud turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri (Siebenrock,1906)

Previous used species

• Spurell's mud turtle - Kinosternon spurrelli (Boulenger, 1913)

References

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the world, 2010 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 5. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. http://www.webcitation.org/5uzfktoIh. 

External links

• Genus Kinosternon at The Reptile Database