White-lipped mud turtle
White-lipped mud turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Family: | Kinosternidae |
Genus: | Kinosternon |
Species: | K. leucostomum |
Binomial name | |
Kinosternon leucostomum (Duméril & Bibron, 1851) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The white-lipped mud turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum) is a species of mud turtle in the Kinosternidae family found in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Subspecies
- Northern white-lipped mud turtle - K. l. leucostomum (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1851)
- Southern white-lipped mud turtle - K. l. postinguinale (Cope, 1887)
References
- ↑ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 254–255. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- Duméril & Bibron, 1851 : [Emys areolata, Emys berardii, Cinosternon leucostomum, Cinosternon cruentatum] in Duméril & Duméril, 1851 : Catalogue Methodique de la Collection des Reptiles. Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Gide & Baudry, p. 1-224 ().
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