EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Kinosternon scorpioides
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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 scorpioides (Scorpion Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Linnaeus 1766 : 352
- Holotype
- Not located
- Type Locality
- "Surinami" [=Surinam]
- Original name
- Testudo scorpioides
- Common Name
- Scorpion Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- (Two maps) From southern Tamaulipas, Mexico to Argentina and Brazil
- Comments
- Reviewed by Berry (1978), Pritchard and Trebbau (1984; northern South American populations), and Smith and Smith (1979; Mexican populations).
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