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Red-cheeked Mud Turtle

Kinosternon cruentatum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 27, February 29, March 27, April 20, May 22, June 28, July 39, August 35, September 52, October 58, November 45, December 36.
Mexico418
Quintana Roo144
Yucatan78
Campeche60
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave41
Oaxaca34
Tamaulipas29
Chiapas20
Guatemala8
San Luis Potosi7

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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