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Kinosternon durangoense IVERSON, 1979

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Higher TaxaKinosternidae (Kinosterninae), Kinosternoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Durango Mud Turtle
S: Casquito de Durango 
SynonymKinosternon flavescens durangoense IVERSON 1979: 212
Kinosternon flavescens durangoense — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 89
Kinosternon durangoense — SERB, PHILLIPS & IVERSON 2001
Kinosternon durangoense — MCCORD & JOSEPH-OUNI 2005
Kinosternon durangoense — RHODIN et al. 2010
Kinosternon durangoense — TTWG 2014: 347
Kinosternon durangoense — TTWG 2021 
DistributionMexico (SE Chihuahua, NE Durango, W Coahuila)

Type locality: 8 km from Ceballos, in Lago de los Palomas, Durango, Mexico.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: UF 16180 (Florida State Museum of Natural History, Gainesville), collected 3 November 1963 by Walter Auffenberg. ParatypeSynonymy: TNHC 30524 and 30525 (juveniles) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (415 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSERB et al. (2001) suggested to elevate K. f. arizonense and K. f. durangoense to full “phylogenetic” species status.

Habitat: freshwater (swamps, quiet rivers) 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Bour, R. 2008. Global diversity of turtles (Chelonii; Reptilia) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595:593–598 - get paper here
  • Iverson, J B; Lemos-Espinal, J & Smith, G R; 2018. Geographic Distribution: Kinosternon durangoense (Durango Mud Turtle). Herpetological Review 49 (4): 711-712 - get paper here
  • Iverson, J. B. 1979. A taxonomic reappraisal of the yellow mud turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Copeia 1979 (2): 212-225 - get paper here
  • Iverson, J.B., Lemos-Espinal, J. & Smith, G.R. 2018. Kinosternon durangoense (Durango Mud Turtle) Life history. Herpetological Review 49 (1): 109. - get paper here
  • Lazcano D, Nevárez-de los Reyes M, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, Wilson LD. 2019. The herpetofauna of Coahuila, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 31–94 (e189) - get paper here
  • Legler, J.M.& Vogt, R.C. 2013. The Turtles of Mexico: Land and Freshwater Forms. University of California Press, 416 pp. - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Gadsden-Esparza H, Valdez-Lares R, Woolrich-Piña GA 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 748: 65-87 - get paper here
  • McCord, W.P. & Joseph-Ouni, M. 2005. Chelonian Illustrations #21: Mud turtles of the United States and Morthern Mexico. Reptilia (GB) (41): 80-83 - get paper here
  • Serb,J.M.; Phillips,C.A. & Iverson,J.B. 2001. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Kinosternon flavescens based on complete mitochondrial control region sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 18 (1): 149-162 - get paper here
  • TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021. - get paper here
  • TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J.; van Dijk, P.P.; Iverson, J.B. & Shaffer, H.B. [turtle taxonomy working group] 2010. Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs (ISSN 1088-7105) No. 5, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010 - get paper here
  • Valdez-Lares, R.; R. Muñiz-Martínez; E.Gadsden; G. Aguirre-León; G. Castañeda-Gaytán; R. Gonzalez-Trápaga 2013. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, México. Check List 9 (4):714-724 - get paper here
 
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