Durango mud turtle

Durango mud turtle
Scientific classification
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 northeastern Mexico. It is found in the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Durango.

References

  1. ↑ van Dijk, P.P. (2007). "Kinosternon durangoense". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2007: e.T63668A97380600. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63668A12704979.en. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (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.
  • Iverson, 1979 : A taxonomic reappraisal of the yellow mud turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Copeia, vol. 1979, n. 2, p. 212–225.


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