EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Kinosternon acutum
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
subfamily.......Kinosterninae (American Mud and Musk turtles)
genus...............Kinosternon (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
species..............Kinosternon acutum (Tabasco mud turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1831b : 34
- Holotype
- BMNH 1947.3.4.58
- Type Locality
- Not stated; data with holotype are "Central America" according to Gray (1844:33); restricted to "British Honduras" (= Belize) by Schmidt (1941:476); restricted to "Cosamaloapam, Veracruz" [Mexico] by Smith and Taylor (1950a:347; 1950b:23)
- Original name
- Kinosternon scorpioides var. acuta
- Common Name
- Tabasco mud turtle
- Distribution
- Atlantic versant from southern Veracruz (Mexico) to Belize and Guatemala, excluding the northern Yucatan peninsula
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Iverson (1980a).
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