.::::: Turtles of the World - Kinosternidae - Kinosternon :::::.
Last update: 6 September, 2004

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Kinosternon
 
Kinosternon acutum
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon alamosae
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon angustipons
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon baurii
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon chimalhuaca
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon creaseri
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon cruentatum
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon dunni Schmidt, 1947
 
Distribution: Colombia.
Kinosternon flavescens
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon herrerai Stejneger, 1925
 
Distribution: Mexico.
Kinosternon hirtipes
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon integrum
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon leucostomum
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon oaxacae
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon scorpioides
 
Distribution:
Kinosternon sonoriense LeConte, 1854

  • sonoriense LeConte, 1854
    Cinosternum henrici (Boulenger, 1889)
    Kinosternum henrici LeConte, 1860
    Kinosternum sonoriense Le Conte, 1854
  • longifemorale Iverson, 1981
     
    • Distribution: Mexico (both) and USA (both).
    Kinosternon spurrelli
     
    Distribution:
    Kinosternon subrubrum
     
    Distribution:
    Literature
     
    Behler, J.L. & F.W. King. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 743 pp.
     
     
    Christiansen, J. 1983. Slægten Kinosternon - gode terrarieskildpadder, men sjældent indførte. NHF, 26(5): 133-148.
    Christiansen, J.L., J.A. Cooper, J.W. Bickham, B.J. Gallaway & M.D. Springer. 1985. Aspects of the natural history of the Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens (Kinosternidae) in Iowa: a proposed endangered species. Southwest. Nat., 30: 413-425.
    Ernst, C.H. & R.W. Barbour. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., and London, 314 pp.
    Ernst, C.H., J.E. Lovich & R.W. Barbour. 1994. Turtles of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington, 578 pp.
    Frazer, N.B., J.W. Gibbons & J.L. Greene. 1991. Life history and demography of the common mud turtle Kinosternon subrubrum in South Carolina, USA. Ecology, 72: 2218-2231.
     
     
     
    Hulse, A.C. 1974. An autecological study of Kinosternon sonoriense Leconte (Chelonia: Kinosternidae). Unpubl. Ph.D. diss., Arizona State Univ., Tempe.
    Hulse, A.C. 1976. Carapacial and Plastral Flora and Fauna of the Sonora Mud Turtle, Kinosternon sonoriense Le Conte (Reptilia, Testudines, Kinosternidae). J. Herpetol., 10(1): 45-48.
    Hulse, A.C. 1976. Growth and Morphometrics of Kinosternon sonoriense (Reptilia, Testudines, Kinosternidae). J. Herpetol., 10(4): 341-348.
     
     
     
    Iverson, J.B. 1978. Variation in Striped Mud Turtles, Kinosternon baurii (Reptilia, Testudines, Kinosternidae). J. Herpetol., 12(2): 135-142.
    Iverson, J.B. 1979. A Taxonomic Reappraisal of the Yellow Mud Turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Copeia, 1979(2): 212-225.
    Iverson, J.B. 1979. Reproduction and Growth of the mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum (Reptilia, Testudines, Kinosternidae), in Arkansas. J. Herpetol., 13(1): 105-111.
    Iverson, J.B. 1986. Notes on the Natural History of the Oaxaca Mud Turtle, Kinosternon oaxacae. J. Herpetol., 20(1): 119-123.
    Iverson, J.B. 1990. Nesting and parental care in the mud turtle, Kinosternon flavescens. Can. J. Zool., 68: 230-233.
    Iverson, J.B. 1991. Life History and Demography of the Yellow Mud Turtle, Kinosternon flavescens. Herpetologica, 47(4): 373-395.
    Iverson, J.B. 1992. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Richmond, IN: Privately printed, 363 pp.
    Iverson, J.B. 1998. Molecules, Morphology, and Mud Turtle Phylogenetics (Family Kinosternidae). Chel. Conserv. Biol., 3(1): 113-117.
    Iverson, J.B. 1999. Reproduction in the Mexican Mud Turtle Kinosternon integrum. J. Herpetol., 33(1): 144-148.
    Iverson, J.B., E.L. Barthelmess, G.R. Smith & C.E. DeRivera. 1991. Growth and Reproduction in the Mud Turtle Kinosternon hirtipes in Chihuahua, México. J. Herpetol., 25(1): 64-72.
    Iverson, J.B. & J.F. Berry. 1998. Kinosternon chimalhuaca. Cat. Amer. Amphib. Rept., 651: 1-2.
    Iverson, J.B., C.A. Young & J.F. Berry. 1998. Kinosternon integrum. Cat. Amer. Amphib. Rept., 652: 1-6.
     
    Le Conte, J. 1854. Description of four new species of Kinosternum. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 180-190.
    Ligon, D.B. & C.C. Peterson. 2002. Physiological and behavioral variation in estivation among mud turtles (Kinosternon spp.). Physiol. Biochem. Zool., 75: 283-293.
    Ligon, D.B. & P.A. Stone. 2003. Radiotelemetry Reveals Terrestrial Estivation in Sonoran Mud Turtles (Kinosternon sonoriense). J. Herpetol., 37(4): 750-754.
    Loben Sels, R.C. van, J.D. Congdon & J.T. Austin. 1997. Life History and Ecology of the Sonoran Mud Turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) in Southeastern Arizona: a Preliminary Report. Chel. Conserv. Biol., 2(3): 338-344.
     
    Mata-Silva, V., A. Ramirez-Bautista, M. Paredes-Flores & M. Espino-Ocampo. 2002. Geographic Distribution. Kinosternon herrerai. Herpetol. Rev., 33(2): 147-148.
    Mata-Silva, V., A. Ramirez-Bautista, M. Paredes-Flores & M. Espino-Ocampo. 2002. Geographic Distribution. Kinosternon herrerai. Herpetol. Rev., 33(1): 65.
    McCord, R.D., R.E. Strauss & C.H. Lowe. 1990. Morphometric Variation in Kinosternon Turtles of the Western United States and Adjacent Mexico. J. Herpetol., 24(3): 297-301.
     
    Morales-Verdeja, S.A. & R.C. Vogt. 1997. Terrestrial movements in relation to aestivation and the annual reproductive cycle of Kinosternon leucostomum. Copeia, 1997: 123-130.
    Peterson, C.C. & P.A. Stone. 2000. Physiological capacity for estivation of the Sonoran Mud Turtle, Kinosternon sonoriense. Copeia, 2000: 684-700.
     
    Schwendiman, A.L. 2001. Kinosternon sonoriense. Attempted Predation. Herpetol. Rev., 32(1): 39.
    Seidel, M.E. 1978. Terrestrial dormancy in the turtle Kinosternon flavescens: respiratory metabolism and dehydration. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 61: 1-4.
     
    Stone, P.A. 2001. Movements and demography of the Sonoran mud turtle, Kinosternon sonoriense. Southwest. Nat., 46: 41-53
    Stone, P.A., J.L. Dobie & R.P. Henry. 1992. Cutaneous surface area and bimodal respiration in soft-shelled (Trionyx spiniferus), stinkpot (Sternotherus odoratus), and mud turtles (Kinosternon subrubrum). Physiol. Zool., 65: 311-330.
    Stone, P.A., J.L. Dobie & R.P. Henry. 1992. The effect of aquatic oxygen levels on diving and ventilatory behavior in soft-shelled (Trionyx spiniferus), stinkpot (Sternotherus odoratus), and mud turtles (Kinosternon subrubrum). Physiol. Zool.,65: 331-345.
     
     
    Wilson, D.S., H.R. Mushinsky & E.D. McCoy. 1999. Nesting behavior of the Striped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon baurii (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Copeia, 1999: 958-968.
    Wygoda, M.L. 1979. Terrestrial activity of Striped Mud Turtles, Kinosternon baurii (Reptilia, Testudines, Kinosternidae) in west-central Florida. J. Herpetol., 13: 469-480.