Herrera's mud turtle

Herrera's mud turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Kinosternidae
Genus:Kinosternon
Species: K. herrerai
Binomial name
Kinosternon herrerai
Stejneger, 1925
Synonyms[2]
  • Kinosternon herrerai
    Stejneger, 1925
  • Kinosternon herrarai [sic]
    Ippi & Flores, 2001 (ex errore)

Herrera's mud turtle (Kinosternon herrerai ) is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, herrerai, is in honor of Mexican biologist Alfonso Luis Herrera.[3]

Geographic range

K. herrerai is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz.

References

  1. ↑ van Dijk PP, Hammerson G, Lavin P, Mendoza Quijano F (2007). "Kinosternon herrerai ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2007: e.T63669A97381307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63669A12705142.en. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  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 17 December 2010. 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 herrerai, p. 122).

Further reading

  • Stejneger L (1925). "New species and subspecies of American turtles". Journal of the Washington Academy of Science 15: 462–463. (Kinosternon herrerai, new species, p. 462).


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