Dunn's mud turtle
Species of turtle
Dunn's mud turtle | |
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Kinosternidae |
Genus: | Kinosternon |
Species: | K. dunni |
Binomial name | |
Kinosternon dunni Schmidt, 1947[2] |
Dunn's mud turtle (Kinosternon dunni),[1] also known commonly as the Colombian mud turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae.
Etymology
The epithet or specific name, dunni, honors Emmett Reid Dunn, an American herpetologist.[3]
Geographic range
K. dunni is endemic to Colombia.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of K. dunni is freshwater swamps and slow rivers.[4]
References
- ^ a b Rhodin 2010, p. 000.98
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 252. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
- ^ 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 dunni, p. 77).
- ^ Species Kinosternon dunni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
External links
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). Kinosternon dunni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- Schmidt KP (1947). "A New Kinosternid Turtle from Colombia". Fieldiana Zoology 31 (13): 109–112. (Kinosternon dunni, new species).
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Kinosternidae family
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Subclass: Anapsida
- Order: Testudines
- Suborder: Cryptodira
- Superfamily: Kinosternoidea
- Family: Kinosternidae
Species of the Kinosternidae family |
- †Hoplochelys clark
- Alamos mud turtle
- Arizona mud turtle
- Central American mud turtle
- Creaser's mud turtle
- Dunn's mud turtle
- Durango mud turtle
- Eastern mud turtle
- Florida 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
- Vallarta mud turtle
- †Kinosternon arizonense
- †Kinosternon pojoaque
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Key: †=extinct.
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