Creaser's mud turtle

Creaser's mud turtle
Scientific classification
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 species of 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 Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan.[3]

Etymology

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

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2016). "Kinosternon creaseri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 251–252. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Kinosternon creaseri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ↑ 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 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).


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