Creaser's mud turtle
Creaser's mud turtle (Kinosternon creaseri) is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula in southeastern Mexico.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Kinosternidae |
| Genus: | Kinosternon |
| Species: | K. creaseri |
| Binomial name | |
| Kinosternon creaseri | |
Geographic range
K. creaseri is found in the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, creaseri, is in honor of American zoologist Edwin Phillip Creaser (1907–1981).[4]
References
- NatureServe (2016). "Kinosternon creaseri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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.
- "Kinosternon creaseri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 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 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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