EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Kinosternon hirtipes
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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 hirtipes (Mexican Rough-footed Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Wagler 1830 : 137
- Holotype
- ZSM 1374/0
- Type Locality
- "México"; restricted to "lakes near Mexico City" [Mexico] by Schmidt (1953:89)
- Original name
- Cinosternon hirtipes
- Common Name
- Mexican Rough-footed Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- Extreme southwestern Texas, USA and northern Chihuahua to the valley of Mexico, México
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Iverson (1981b and 1985a).
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