EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Staurotypus salvinii
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
subfamily.......Staurotypinae (Tropical Musk Turtles)
genus...............Staurotypus (Giant Musk Turtles)
species..............Staurotypus salvinii (Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1864b : 127
- Holotype
- BMNH 1946.1.22.79
- Type Locality
- "Huamanchal [= Huamuchil], Guatemala"
- Original name
- Staurotypus (stauremys) salvinii
- Common Name
- Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle
- Distribution
- Eastern Oaxaca and southern Chiapas, Mexico through southern Guatemala to El Salvador
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Dean and Bickham (1983).
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