EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Kinosternon herrerai
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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 herrerai (Herrera's Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Stejneger 1925 : 462
- Holotype
- USNM 61249
- Type Locality
- "Xochimilco, Valley of Mexico" (in error); restricted to "La Laja, Veracruz" [Mexico] by Smith and Taylor (1950a:349; 1950b:24); restricted by Smith and Brandon (1968:54) to "vicinity of Tampico" [Tamaulipas, Mexico]
- Original name
- Kinosternon herrerai
- Common Name
- Herrera's Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- East-central Mexico
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Berry and Iverson (1980a).
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