Cora mud turtle

Cora mud turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Kinosternidae
Genus:	Kinosternon
Species:	K. cora
Binomial name
	Kinosternon cora; Loc-Barragán et al., 2020

The Cora mud turtle (Kinosternon cora) is a species of mud turtle endemic to western Mexico.

Description[]

The Cora mud turtle is a sister species of the Vallarta mud turtle (Kinosternon vogti), with which it shares most morphological characteristics. It is distinguished from other Kinosternon species (except K. vogti) in having a reduced and weakly movable plastron, and a comparatively wider carapace. The turtle differs from K. vogti mainly in being larger, darker in colour, and having shell scutes of different shapes and dimensions.^[1]^[2]

The Cora mud turtle is found in the Mexican states of Nayarit and Sinaloa.^[3] It is named after the Cora people, a Native Mexican people who live in Nayarit.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Loc-Barragán, Jesús A.; Reyes-Velasco, Jacobo; Woolrich-Piña, Guillermo A.; Grünwald, Christoph I.; De Anaya, Myriam Venegas; Rangel-Mendoza, Judith A.; López-Luna, Marco A. (27 November 2020). "A New Species of Mud Turtle of Genus Kinosternon (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from the Pacific Coastal Plain of Northwestern Mexico". Zootaxa. 4885 (4): 509–529. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311258. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "Descritta una nuova specie di tartaruga del fango: Kinosternon cora". Tartapedia (in Italian). 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "¡Buenas noticias! Científicos descubren una nueva especie de tortuga mexicana". Animal MX (in Spanish). 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

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[:0-1] Loc-Barragán, Jesús A.; Reyes-Velasco, Jacobo; Woolrich-Piña, Guillermo A.; Grünwald, Christoph I.; De Anaya, Myriam Venegas; Rangel-Mendoza, Judith A.; López-Luna, Marco A. (27 November 2020). "A New Species of Mud Turtle of Genus Kinosternon (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from the Pacific Coastal Plain of Northwestern Mexico". Zootaxa. 4885 (4): 509–529. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311258. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

[2] "Descritta una nuova specie di tartaruga del fango: Kinosternon cora". Tartapedia (in Italian). 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

[3] "¡Buenas noticias! Científicos descubren una nueva especie de tortuga mexicana". Animal MX (in Spanish). 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

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