Dunn's mud turtle
Dunn's mud turtle | |
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Kinosternidae |
Genus: | Kinosternon |
Species: | K. dunni
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Binomial name | |
Kinosternon dunni Schmidt, 1947[2]
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Dunn's mud turtle (Kinosternon dunni ),[1] also known as the Colombian mud turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The turtle's habitat is fresh water, swamps and slow rivers.[3]
Etymology[]
The epithet or specific name, dunni, honors Emmett Reid Dunn, an American herpetologist.[4]
Geographic range[]
K. dunni is endemic to Colombia.
References[]
- ^ a b Rhodin 2010, p. 000.98
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 252. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ "Kinosternon dunni".
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kinosternon dunni, p. 77).
External links[]
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). Kinosternon dunni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
Bibliography[]
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- Schmidt KP (1947). "A New Kinosternid Turtle from Colombia". Fieldiana Zoology 31 (13): 109–112. (Kinosternon dunni, new species).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Kinosternon
- Endemic fauna of Colombia
- Reptiles of Colombia
- Vulnerable animals
- Vulnerable biota of South America
- Reptiles described in 1947
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