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Dunn's mud turtle

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Dunn's mud turtle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Kinosternon
Species:
K. dunni
Binomial name
Kinosternon dunni

Dunn's mud turtle (Kinosternon dunni),[1] also known commonly as the Colombian mud turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae.

Etymology

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The epithet or specific name, dunni, honors Emmett Reid Dunn, an American herpetologist.[3]

Geographic range

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K. dunni is endemic to Colombia.

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of K. dunni is freshwater swamps and slow rivers.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rhodin 2010, p. 000.98
  2. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 252. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kinosternon dunni, p. 77).
  4. ^ Species Kinosternon dunni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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