Sonora mud turtle
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| Sonora mud turtle | |
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| File:Kinosternon sonoriense1.jpg | |
| Male | |
| File:Kinosternon sonoriense 398479857 (cropped).jpg | |
| In Sonora, Mexico | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| 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 Le Conte, 1854
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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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. One subspecies, the Sonoyta mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) is currently recognized.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]- Mexico: Chihuahua and Sonora.
- United States: Arizona and New Mexico (extirpated in California).
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]- Sonora mud turtle (subspecies) - Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense (Le Conte, 1854)
- Sonoyta mud turtle - Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale (Inverson, 1981)
Gallery
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Male
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Female, Arizona
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In Arizona
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In Sonora, Mexico
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In Sonora, Mexico
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Plastron, Sonora, Mexico
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Juvenile, in Arizona
References
[edit | edit source]Sources
[edit | edit source]- 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).
- Ligon, Db, et al. "Physiological and Behavioral Variation in Estivation among Mud Turtles ( Kinosternon Spp.)." Physiological and Biochemical Zoology., vol. 75, no. 3, 2002, pp. 283–293., https://doi.org/10.1086/342000.
- Stone, P. A. (2001). Movements and Demography of the Sonoran Mud Turtle, Kinosternon sonoriense. The Southwestern Naturalist, 46(1), 41–53. https://doi.org/10.2307/3672372
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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
- Taxa named by John Eatton Le Conte
- Turtle stubs