EMYSystem Species Page: Kinosternon creaseri
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Kinosterninae (American Mud and Musk turtles)
GenusGenus Kinosternon (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
SpeciesSpecies Kinosternon creaseri (Creaser's Mud Turtle)
range of species Kinosternon creaseri
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Original Description Hartweg 1934 : 1
Type Locality "one mile south of the Hacienda, Chichen Itzá, Yucatán" [Mexico]
Holotype UMMZ 73090
Original name Kinosternon creaseri
Common name Creaser's Mud Turtle
Distribution Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Comments Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979), Groombridge (1982), and Iverson (1983a, 1989b).
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