Creaser's mud turtle
| Creaser's mud turtle | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Kinosternidae |
| Genus: | Kinosternon |
| Species: | K. creaseri |
| Binomial name | |
| Kinosternon creaseri Hartweg, 1934[1] | |
Creaser's mud turtle (Kinosternon creaseri) is a species of mud turtle in the Kinosternidae family. The species is endemic to Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, creaseri, is in honor of American zoologist Edwin Phillip Creaser (1907–1981).[2]
Geographic range
K. creaseri is found in the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan.[3]
References
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 251–252. 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 creaseri, p. 61).
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
External links
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. 1996. Kinosternon creaseri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
Further reading
- Hartweg NE. 1934. Description of a new kinosternid from Yucatan. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (277): 1–2. (Kinosternon creaseri, new species).
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