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)
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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