Dunn's mud turtle

Dunn's mud turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Kinosternidae
Genus:Kinosternon
Species: K. dunni
Binomial name
Kinosternon dunni

Dunn's mud turtle (Kinosternon dunni ),[1] also known as the Colombian mud turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae.

Etymology

The epithet or specific name, dunni, honors Emmett Reid Dunn, an American herpetologist.[3]

Geographic range

K. dunni is endemic to Colombia.

References

  1. 1 2 Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.98
  2. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 252. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. 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 dunni, p. 77).

Bibliography

  • Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
  • Schmidt KP (1947). "A New Kinosternid Turtle from Colombia". Fieldiana Zoology 31 (13): 109-112. (Kinosternon dunni, new species).


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