EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Claudius angustatus
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
subfamily.......Staurotypinae (Tropical Musk Turtles)
genus...............Claudius (Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle)
species..............Claudius angustatus (Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Cope 1865 : 187
- Holotype
- USNM 6518; parts of same specimen were originally catalogued as USNM 6518 and USNM 6525.
- Type Locality
- "Tabasco, Mexico"
- Original name
- Claudius angustatus
- Common Name
- Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle
- Distribution
- Veracruz, Mexico to Guatemala and Belize, excluding the Yucatan peninsula
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Iverson and Berry (1980)
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