Creaser's mud turtle
Creaser's mud turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Family: | Kinosternidae |
Genus: | Kinosternon |
Species: | K. creaseri |
Binomial name | |
Kinosternon creaseri Hartweg, 1934[1] | |
Creaser's mud turtle (Kinosternon creaseri) is a species of mud turtle in the Kinosternidae family.
Geographic range
The species is endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula in southeastern Mexico. It is found in the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, creaseri, is in honor of American zoologist Edwin Phillip Creaser (1907–1981).[3]
References
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 251–252. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kinosternon creaseri, p. 61).
External links
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. 1996. Kinosternon creaseri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
Further reading
- Hartweg NE. 1934. Description of a new kinosternid from Yucatan. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (277): 1–2. (Kinosternon creaseri, new species).
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