EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Staurotypus triporcatus
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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 triporcatus (Mexican Giant Musk Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Wiegmann 1828 : 364
- Holotype
- ZMB 127
- Type Locality
- "Rio Alvarado" [Veracruz, Mexico]
- Original name
- Terrapene triporcata
- Common Name
- Mexican Giant Musk Turtle
- Distribution
- Veracruz, Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, and northwestern Honduras, excluding the northern Yucatan peninsula
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Iverson (1983b).
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