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Eastern Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 105, February 127, March 117, April 188, May 189, June 143, July 91, August 86, September 111, October 110, November 85, December 97.
United States11,611
North Carolina1,138
Texas1,033
Virginia926
Maryland831
Georgia711
South Carolina523
New Jersey504
Alabama498
Delaware313

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyAmerican Mud and Musk Turtles · Kinosternidae
GenusMud Turtles · Kinosternon

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