Oaxaca mud turtle
Oaxaca mud turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Family: | Kinosternidae |
Genus: | Kinosternon |
Species: | K. oaxacae |
Binomial name | |
Kinosternon oaxacae Berry & Iverson, 1980 | |
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The Oaxaca mud turtle (Kinosternon oaxacae) is a species of mud turtle in the Kinosternidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Both the common name and the scientific name derive from Oaxaca, a Mexican state.
Distribution
It is endemic to Mexico. It is found in Guerrero and Oaxaca.
References
- ↑ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 255. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- van Dijk, P.P. & Canseco-Marquez, L. 2007. Kinosternon oaxacae. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 15 August 2008.
- Berry & Iverson, 1980 : A new species of mud turtle, genus Kinosternon, from Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology, vol. 14, n. 4, p. 313–320.
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