Creaser's mud turtle

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Creaser's mud turtle

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Kinosternon
Species:
K. creaseri
Binomial name
Kinosternon creaseri

Creaser's mud turtle (Kinosternon creaseri) is a

mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula in southeastern Mexico
.

Geographic range

K. creaseri is found in the Mexican states of

Yucatan.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural

wetlands.[1]

Behavior

K. creaseri aestivates most of the year, and is only active during the rainy season, which occurs in June through October.[1]

Reproduction

K. creaseri is oviparous.[1][3] Clutch size is one or two eggs, and each female lays more than one clutch per year.[1] Sex of the hatchlings is determined by temperature.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, creaseri, is in honor of American zoologist Edwin Phillip Creaser (1907–1981).[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e van Dijk, P.P.; Lee, J.; Calderón Mandujano, R. (2007). "Kinosternon creaseri (errata version published in 2016)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. S2CID 87809001
    .
  3. ^ a b c Species Kinosternon creaseri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5
    . (Kinosternon creaseri, p. 61).

Further reading

  • Hartweg NE (1934). "Description of a new kinosternid from Yucatan". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (277): 1–2. (Kinosternon creaseri, new species).