Sonora mud turtle

Sonora mud turtle
Male
In Sonora, Mexico
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [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 [2]
Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense Kinosternum sonorienseLeConte, 1854 Kinosternon sonorienseGray, 1856 Cinosternum sonorienseAgassiz, 1857 Thyrosternum sonorienseAgassiz, 1857 Kinosternum henriciLeConte, 1860 Thyrosternum henriciTroschel, 1860 Cinosternon henriciStrauch, 1862 Cinosternon sonorienseStrauch, 1862 Thylosternum sonorienseMüller, 1865 Swanka henriciiGray, 1870(ex errore) Cinosternum henriciCope, 1875 Swanka henriciBoulenger, 1889 Kinosternon sonoriensisBogert & Oliver, 1945(ex errore) Kinosternon sonorensisWeise, 1962(ex errore) Kinosternon seonorienseBerry & Shine, 1980(ex errore) Kinosternon sonoriense sonorienseIverson, 1981 Kinosternon sonorense sonorenseRogner, 1996(ex errore) Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale Kinosternon sonoriense longifemoraleIverson, 1981 Kinosternon sonorense longifemoraleRogner, 1996

The Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States. One subspecies, the Sonoyta mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) is currently recognized.

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

References

1. Stone, P.A. (2025). "Kinosternon sonoriense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2025: e.T11011A161718519.
2. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 258–259. doi: 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 . ISSN   1864-5755. S2CID   87809001.

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