Herrera's mud turtle
| Herrera's mud turtle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Kinosternidae |
| Genus: | Kinosternon |
| Species: | K. herrerai |
| Binomial name | |
| Kinosternon herrerai Stejneger, 1925 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.[2]
Geographic range
K. herrerai is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz.
References
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 252. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ 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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