Mexican mud turtle
| Mexican mud turtle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Kinosternidae |
| Genus: | Kinosternon |
| Species: | K. integrum
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| Binomial name | |
| Kinosternon integrum (Le Conte, 1854, 1925)
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Mexican mud turtle (Kinosternon integrum),[1] or Guanajuato mud turtle, is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. Endemic to Mexico, it is found in Aguascalientes, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas, where they inhabit moist environments, such as shallow ponds,lakes, rivers or intermediate temp. tropical forest areas.
Reproduction
The Mexican mud turtle's nesting season lasts from early May to September, beginning just prior to the summer rainy season.[3] A typical clutch size for each female is 2-4 eggs, but can range between 1-8 eggs.[4][5] Another distinctive feature within the species is the nostrils on male and female turtles. The females have a more rounded nostril and is more brownish as to yellow like the male.
References
- ^ a b http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/63671/0
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 254. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Iverson, John B. (1999). "Reproduction in the Mexican Mud Turtle Kinosternon integrum". Journal of Herpetology. 33 (1): 144–148. doi:10.2307/1565557. ISSN 0022-1511.
- ^ Casas-Andreu, Gustavo; Aguilar-Miguel, Xochitl S.; Cisneros, Maria de Lourdes Arias; Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo (2009/12). "Population Ecology and Reproduction of the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in Tonatico, Estado de México". Western North American Naturalist. 69 (4): 501–510. doi:10.3398/064.069.0410. ISSN 1527-0904.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Sustaita-Rodríguez, Víctor Hugo; Arias-Cisneros, María de Lourdes; Casas-Andreu, Gustavo; Brauer-Robleda, Pablo; Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo (2012/01). "Evidence for the Morphological Constraint Hypothesis and Optimal Offspring Size Theory in the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum)". Zoological Science. 29 (1): 60–65. doi:10.2108/zsj.29.60. ISSN 0289-0003.
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Sources
- Le Conte, 1854 : Description of four new species of Kinosternum. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 7, p. 180–190 ([1]).
- Iverson, John B. “Reproduction in the Mexican Mud Turtle Kinosternon Integrum.” Journal of Herpetology, vol. 33, no. 1, 1999, pp. 144–148. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1565557.
- Rodrigo Macip-Ríos, Maria de Lourdes Arias Cisneros, Xochitl S. Aguilar-Miguel, and Gustavo Casas-Andreu "Population Ecology and Reproduction of the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in Tonatico, Estado de México," Western North American Naturalist 69(4), (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.3398/064.069.0410
- Enri´quez, Ivette & Montiel Ugalde, Alejandro & Gaona-Murillo, Eder & Butterfield, Taggert & Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo. (2018). Ecological Observations of the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in the. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 17. 284-290. 10.2744/CCB-1305.1.
- Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo & Hugo Sustaita-Rodríguez, Víctor & Barrios, Gabriel & Casas-Andreu, Gustavo. (2010). Alimentary Habits of the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in Tonatico, Estado de México. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 9. 90-97. 10.2744/CCB-0782.1.
- Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo & Zuñiga Vega, Jaime & Brauer Robleda, Pablo & Casas-Andreu, Gustavo. (2011). Demography of two populations of the Mexican mud turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in central MexicoZ. Herpetological Journal. 21.
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