EMYSystem Text Only Subfamily Page: Kinosterninae


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
subfamily.......Kinosterninae (American Mud and Musk turtles)
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Kinosternon (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Original Description
Agassiz 1857 : 347
Original name
Cinosternoidea
Common Name
American Mud and Musk turtles
Distribution
As for the family
Comments
Only one genus is currently recognized (Seidel et al., 1986; Gaffney and Meylan, 1988; Ernst and Barbour, 1989; Iverson, 1991), although this is not universally accepted (e.g., Conant and Collins, 1991).
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