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Mexican Mud Turtle

Kinosternon integrum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 100, February 76, March 98, April 123, May 119, June 215, July 321, August 282, September 232, October 258, November 179, December 74.
Mexico2,077
Jalisco440
Guanajuato368
Sinaloa268
Michoacan de Ocampo186
Nayarit139
Puebla95
Aguascalientes78
Oaxaca74
San Luis Potosi72

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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