Sonora mud turtle
Appearance
Sonora mud turtle | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Kinosternidae |
Genus: | Kinosternon |
Species: | K. sonoriense
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Binomial name | |
Kinosternon sonoriense LeConte, 1854
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The Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States. Also known as the Sonoyta Mud Turtle
Distribution
- Mexico: Chihuahua and Sonora.
- United States: Arizona and New Mexico (extinct in California).
Subspecies
- Sonora mud turtle (subspecies) - Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense (Le Conte, 1854)
- Sonoyta mud turtle - Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale (Inverson, 1981)
References
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 258–259. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
Sources
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Kinosternon sonoriense. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- LeConte, 1854 : Description of four new species of Kinosternum. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 7, p. 180–190 (integral text).
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Kinosternon
- Turtles of North America
- Reptiles of Mexico
- Reptiles of the United States
- Fauna of the Sonoran Desert
- Fauna of the Southwestern United States
- Fauna of the Colorado Desert
- Fauna of the Yuma Desert
- Natural history of Arizona
- Natural history of Chihuahua (state)
- Natural history of New Mexico
- Natural history of Sonora
- Reptiles described in 1854
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