Rough-footed mud turtle

Not to be confused with Mexican mud turtle.

Rough-footed mud turtle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Kinosternidae
Genus:	Kinosternon
Species:	K. hirtipes
Binomial name
Kinosternon hirtipes (Wagler, 1830)
Synonyms^[2]
Kinosternon hirtipes hirtipes Cinosternon hirtipes Wagler, 1830 (nomen nudum) Cinosternon hirtipes Wagler, 1833 Clemmys (Cinosternon) hirtipes — Fitzinger, 1835 Cinostermon [sic] hirtipes — Gray, 1844 Kinosternum hirtipes — LeConte, 1854 Kinosternon hirtipes — Gray, 1856 Cinosternum hirtipes — Agassiz, 1857 Thyrosternum hirtipes — Agassiz, 1857 Ozotheca hirtipes — LeConte, 1859 Chinosternum [sic] hirtipes — Caballero & Caballero, 1938 Kinosternon [hirtipes] hirtipes — Schmidt, 1953 Kynosternon [sic] hirtipes — Lopez, 1975 Kinosternon hertipes [sic] Semmler, Seidel & Williams, 1977 (ex errore) Kinosternon hirtipes chapalaense Kinosternon hirtipes chapalaense Pritchard, 1979 (nomen nudum) Kinosternon hirtipes chapalaense Iverson, 1981 Kinosternon hirtipes chapalense [sic] Obst, 1996 (ex errore) Kinosternon hirtipes magdalense Kinosternon hirtipes magdalense Iverson, 1981 Kinosternon hirtipes megacephalum Kinosternon hirtipes megacephalum Iverson, 1981 Kinosternon hirtipes megalocephala [sic] Artner, 2003 (ex errore) Kinosternon megacephalum — Joseph-Ouni, 2004 Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi Kinosternon murrayi Glass & Hartweg, 1951 Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi — Schmidt, 1953 Kinosternon hirtipes murryi [sic] Ashton, 1976 (ex errore) Kinosternon hirtipes tarascense Kinosternon hirtipes tarascense Iverson, 1981

The rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes) ^[1] is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Geographic range

K. hirtipes is found in the United States in Texas, and it is also found in Mexico in the Mexican states: Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Mexico DF, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, and Zacatecas.

Subspecies

Valley of Mexico mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes hirtipes (Wagler, 1830)
Lake Chapala mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes chapalaense Iverson, 1981
San Juanico mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes magdalense Iverson, 1981
Viesca mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes megacephalum Iverson, 1981 (Extinct)
Colombian plateau mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi Glass & Hartweg, 1951
Patzcuarco mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes tarascense Iverson, 1981

Etymology

The subspecific name, murrayi, is in honor of American zoologist Leo Tildon Murray (1902–1958).^[3]

References

1 2 http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/63670/0
↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 252–254. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi, p. 185).

External links

Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. (Cinosternon [sic] hirtipes, new species, p. 137). (in German and Latin). .

Turtle family Kinosternidae

Genus	Species of the subfamily Kinosterninae

Kinosternon	Alamos mud turtle Arizona mud turtle Central American mud turtle Creaser's mud turtle Dunn's mud turtle Durango mud turtle Eastern mud turtle Herrera's mud turtle Jalisco mud turtle Mexican mud turtle Oaxaca mud turtle Rough-footed mud turtle Scorpion mud turtle Sonora mud turtle Striped mud turtle Tabasco mud turtle White-lipped mud turtle Yellow mud turtle

Sternotherus	Common musk turtle Flattened musk turtle Loggerhead musk turtle Razor-backed musk turtle

Genus	Species of the subfamily Staurotypinae

Claudius	Narrow-bridged musk turtle

Staurotypus	Giant musk turtle Mexican musk turtle

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status.

Extant turtle taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Chelonii or Testudines

Suborder

Superfamily

Family

Subfamily	Genus

Cryptodira

Chelydridae

	Chelydra Macrochelys

Chelonioidea

Cheloniidae

Carettinae	Caretta Lepidochelys

Cheloniinae	Chelonia Eretmochelys Natator

Dermochelyidae

	Dermochelys

Kinosternoidea

Dermatemydidae

	Dermatemys

Kinosternidae

Kinosterninae	Kinosternon Sternotherus

Staurotypinae	Claudius Staurotypus

Testudinoidea

Emydidae

Deirochelyinae	Chrysemys Deirochelys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Trachemys

Emydinae	Clemmys Emys Glyptemys Terrapene

Geoemydidae

Geoemydinae	Batagur Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys

Rhinoclemmydinae	Rhinoclemmys

Platysternidae

	Platysternon

Testudinidae

	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis Geochelone Gopherus Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria Psammobates Pyxis Stigmochelys Testudo

Trionychia

Carettochelyidae

	Carettochelys

Trionychidae

Cyclanorbinae	Cyclanorbis Cycloderma Lissemys

Trionychinae	Amyda Apalone Chitra Dogania Nilssonia Palea Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx

Pleurodira

Chelidae

Chelinae	Acanthochelys Chelus Mesoclemmys Phrynops Platemys Rhinemys

Chelodininae	Chelodina Elseya Elusor Emydura Flaviemys Myuchelys Pseudemydura Rheodytes

Hydromedusinae	Hydromedusa

Pelomedusidae

	Pelomedusa Pelusios

Podocnemididae

	Erymnochelys Peltocephalus Podocnemis

Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2012 update: annotated checklist. Extinct turtles not included.

Portal Book See also List of Testudines families

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