Sonora mud turtle

The Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense), also known as the Sonoyta mud turtle, is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States.

Sonora mud turtle
Male
In Sonora, Mexico
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Kinosternidae
Genus:	Kinosternon
Species:	K. sonoriense
Binomial name
Kinosternon sonoriense Le Conte, 1854
Synonyms
Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense Kinosternum sonoriense LeConte, 1854 Kinosternon sonoriense Gray, 1856 Cinosternum sonoriense Agassiz, 1857 Thyrosternum sonoriense Agassiz, 1857 Kinosternum henrici LeConte, 1860 Thyrosternum henrici Troschel, 1860 Cinosternon henrici Strauch, 1862 Cinosternon sonoriense Strauch, 1862 Thylosternum sonoriense Müller, 1865 Swanka henricii Gray, 1870 (ex errore) Cinosternum henrici Cope, 1875 Swanka henrici Boulenger, 1889 Kinosternon sonoriensis Bogert & Oliver, 1945 (ex errore) Kinosternon sonorensis Weise, 1962 (ex errore) Kinosternon seonoriense Berry & Shine, 1980 (ex errore) Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense Iverson, 1981 Kinosternon sonorense sonorense Rogner, 1996 (ex errore) Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale Iverson, 1981 Kinosternon sonorense longifemorale Rogner, 1996

Distribution

• Mexico: Chihuahua and Sonora.
• United States: Arizona and New Mexico (extirpated in California).

Subspecies

• Sonora mud turtle (subspecies) - Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense (Le Conte, 1854)
• Sonoyta mud turtle - Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale (Inverson, 1981)

Gallery

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  Male
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  Female, Arizona
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  In Arizona
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  In Sonora, Mexico
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  In Sonora, Mexico
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  Plastron, Sonora, Mexico
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  Juvenile, in Arizona

Sources

• Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Kinosternon sonoriense. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
• LeConte, 1854 : Description of four new species of Kinosternum. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 7, p. 180–190 (integral text).
• Ligon, Db, et al. “Physiological and Behavioral Variation in Estivation among Mud Turtles ( Kinosternon Spp.).” Physiological and Biochemical Zoology., vol. 75, no. 3, 2002, pp. 283–293., https://doi.org/10.1086/342000.
• Stone, P. A. (2001). Movements and Demography of the Sonoran Mud Turtle, Kinosternon sonoriense. The Southwestern Naturalist, 46(1), 41–53. https://doi.org/10.2307/3672372