Sonora mud turtle
{{Short description|Species of turtle}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Kinosternon sonoriense1.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| image2 = Kinosternon sonoriense 398479857 (cropped).jpg
| image2_caption = In Sonora, Mexico
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Stone, P.A. |title= Kinosternon sonoriense |year= 2025 |volume= 2025 |page= e.T11011A161718519 }}
| genus = Kinosternon
| species = sonoriense
| authority = 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
}}
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
File:Male Sonoran Mud Turtle.jpg|Male
File:Female Sonoran Mud Turtle (3457438132).jpg|Female, Arizona
File:Kinosternon sonoriense 16756612 (cropped).jpg|In Arizona
File:Kinosternon sonoriense 398479857.jpg|In Sonora, Mexico
File:Kinosternon sonoriense 369819515.jpg|In Sonora, Mexico
File:Kinosternon sonoriense 281995971.jpg|Plastron, Sonora, Mexico
File:Kinosternon sonoriense 434458872.jpg|Juvenile, in Arizona
References
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Sources
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11011/all Kinosternon sonoriense]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 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 ([https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofac07acaduoft 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
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{{Kinosternidae}}
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Category:Turtles of North America
Category:Reptiles of the United States
Category:Fauna of the Sonoran Desert
Category:Fauna of the Southwestern United States
Category:Fauna of the Colorado Desert
Category:Fauna of the Yuma Desert
Category:Natural history of Arizona
Category:Natural history of Chihuahua (state)
Category:Natural history of New Mexico
Category:Natural history of Sonora
Category:Reptiles described in 1854
Category:Taxa named by John Eatton Le Conte
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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