Durango mud turtle

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Durango mud turtle

Data Deficient  (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. durangoense
Binomial name
Kinosternon durangoense
(Iverson, 1979)
Synonyms[2]
  • 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

  • Iverson, 1979 : A taxonomic reappraisal of the yellow mud turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Copeia, vol. 1979, n. 2, p. 212–225.