The Sonora mud turtle (''Kinosternon sonoriense''), also known as the Sonoyta mud turtle, is a species of
turtle
Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked t ...
in the
Kinosternidae
The Kinosternidae are a family of mostly small turtles that includes the mud turtles and musk turtles. The family contains 25 species within four genera, but taxonomic reclassification is an ongoing process, so many sources vary on the exact num ...
family. It is found in
Mexico
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and the
United States
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.
The Sonoran mud turtle species is heavily influenced by its environment. Depending on the amount of water available due to fixed water sources or rainfall, is how tolerant the mud turtle is to drought. The species drought tolerance is extremely variable depending on its environment.
Distribution
* Mexico:
Chihuahua and
Sonora.
* United States:
Arizona
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and
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
(
extirpated
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in
California
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).
Subspecies
*
Sonora mud turtle (subspecies) - ''Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense'' (
Le Conte, 1854)
*
Sonoyta mud turtle - ''Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale'' (Inverson, 1981)
References
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
Kinosternon
Turtles of North America
Reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles of the United States
Fauna of the Sonoran Desert
Fauna of the Southwestern United States
Fauna of the Colorado Desert
Fauna of the Yuma Desert
Natural history of Arizona
Natural history of Chihuahua (state)
Natural history of New Mexico
Natural history of Sonora
Reptiles described in 1854
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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