Subfamily Kinosterninae Phylum Chordata Order Turtle | Subphylum Vertebrata Genus Kinosternon Higher classification Kinosternon Rank Species | |
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Similar Kinosternon, Turtle, Kinosternidae, Reptile, Scorpion mud turtle | ||
The white-lipped mud turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum) is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to Central America and northwestern South America.
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Geographic range
Kinosternon leucostomum is found in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Subspecies
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Kinosternon.
Etymology
The synonym, Cinosternon spurrelli Boulenger, 1913, which is a synonym of Kinosternon leucostomum postinguinale, was named in honor of British zoologist Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell.
References
White-lipped mud turtle Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA