EMYSystem Subfamily Page: Staurotypinae
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Staurotypinae (Tropical Musk Turtles)
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range of subfamily Staurotypinae
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Claudius
Staurotypus
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Original Description Gray 1869a : 180
Original name Staurotypina
Common name Tropical Musk Turtles
Distribution Southern Mexico and northern Central America
Comments See Comment under Kinosternidae.
 
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