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Durango mud turtle

The Durango mud turtle is a species of mud turtle in the Kinosternidae family.

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Durango mud turtle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Kinosternon
Species:
K. durangoense
Binomial name
Kinosternon durangoense
(Iverson, 1979)
Synonyms2
  • Kinosternon flavescens durangoense Iverson, 1979
  • Kinosternon durangoense Serb, Phillips & Iverson, 2001

The Durango mud turtle (Kinosternon durangoense) is a species of mud turtle in the Kinosternidae family.

It is endemic to north-eastern Mexico. It is found in the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Durango.

References

References

  1. van Dijk, P.P. (2016) [errata version of 2007 assessment]. "Kinosternon durangoense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007 e.T63668A97380600. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63668A12704979.en. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 252. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  • Iverson, 1979 : A taxonomic reappraisal of the yellow mud turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Copeia, vol. 1979, n. 2, p. 212–225.