Alamos mud turtle

Alamos mud turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Kinosternidae
Genus:Kinosternon
Species: K. alamosae
Binomial name
Kinosternon alamosae
(Berry & Legler, 1980)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Kinosternon alamose Pritchard, 1979
  • Kinosternon alamosae Berry & Legler, 1980 (nomen nudum)
  • Kinosternon alamosae Berry & Legler, 1980
  • Kinosternon alamosa Rogner, 1996 (ex errore)

The Alamos mud turtle (Kinosternon alamosae) is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it occurs in the states of Sinaloa and Sonora.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Frost, D.; Hammerson, G. & Gadsden, H. (2007). "Kinosternon alamosae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2007: e.T63665A97379006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63665A12694308.en. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 Rhodin, A. G. J., et al. Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated Checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status. Archived 2012-01-22 at WebCite Chelonian Research Monographs Volume 5.
  3. ↑ Fritz, U. and Havaš, P. (2007). Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Archived 2010-12-17 at WebCite Vertebrate Zoology 57(2).

Further reading

  • Berry, J. F. and Legler, J. M. 1980. A new turtle (genus Kinosternon) from northwestern Mexico. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 325, 1-12.


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