EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Kinosternon angustipons
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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 angustipons (Narrow-bridged Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Legler 1965 : 617
- Holotype
- KU 43631
- Type Locality
- "Los Diamantes, Limón Province, Costa Rica"
- Original name
- Kinosternon angustipons
- Common Name
- Narrow-bridged Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- Caribbean versant from southeastern Nicaragua to northwestern Panama
- Comments
- Reviewed by Legler (1966), Iverson (1980b), and Groombridge (1982).
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