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Florida mud turtle

{{Short description|Species of turtle}}

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| image = Kinosternon steindachneri.jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal|url=http://images.turtleconservancy.org/documents/2017/crm-7-checklist-atlas-v8-2017.pdf|title=Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.)|journal=Chelonian Research Monographs|volume=7|access-date=October 4, 2019|date=August 3, 2017|last1=Rhodin|first1=Anders G.J.|last2=Iverson|first2=John B.|last3=Bour|first3=Roger|last4=Fritz|first4=Uwe|last5=Georges|first5=Arthur|last6=Shaffer |first6=H. Bradley|last7=van Dijk|first7=Peter Paul|pages=15, 44, 222|ISBN=978-1-5323-5026-9}}

| genus = Kinosternon

| species = steindachneri

| authority = (Siebenrock, 1906)

| synonyms = *Cinosternum steindachneri
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  • Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri
    {{small|— Carr, 1940}}
  • Kinosternon steindachneri
    {{small|— Iverson et al., 2013}}

| synonyms_ref = {{EMBL species|genus=Kinosternon|species=steindachneri}} www.reptile-database.org.

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The Florida mud turtle (Kinosternon steindachneri) is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to the state of Florida in the United States. This species of turtle is extremely rare compared to others. {{Cite web |date=2020-09-30 |title=SCCF Tracking Rare Florida Mud Turtle {{!}} Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation |url=https://sccf.org/blog/2020/09/30/sccf-tracking-rare-florida-mud-turtle/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |language=en-US}}

Taxonomy

Although originally described as a species, K. steindachneri was long considered a subspecies of the eastern mud turtle (K. subrubum), but a 2013 analysis found there to be no data supporting this classification, and supported its recognition as its own distinct species.Iverson, John B.; Le, Minh; Ingram, Colleen (2013). "Molecular phylogenetics of the mud and musk turtle family Kinosternidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3): 929–939. (Kinosternon steindachneri, new status).

Geographic range

K. steindachneri is found in peninsular Florida. Its type locality is near Orlando.

Etymology

The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.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 subrubrum steindachneri, p. 252).

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Further reading

  • Carr A (1940). "A Contribution to the Herpetology of Florida". University of Florida Publication, Biological Science Series 3 (1): 1–118. (Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri, new status).
  • Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 color plates, 207 figures. {{ISBN|978-0-544-12997-9}}. (Kinosternon steindachneri, pp. 225–226, Figure 102).
  • Siebenrock F (1906). "Eine neue Cinosternum-Art aus Florida". Zoologischer Anzeiger 30: 727–728. (Cinosternum steindachneri, new species). (in German).

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Category:Kinosternon

Category:Endemic fauna of Florida

Category:Endemic reptiles of the United States

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