Dunn's mud turtle

Dunn's mud turtle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Kinosternon
Species:
K. dunni
Binomial name
Kinosternon dunni
Schmidt, 1947

Dunn's mud turtle (Kinosternon dunni), also known commonly as the Colombian mud turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae.

Etymology

The epithet or specific name, dunni, honors Emmett Reid Dunn, an American herpetologist.

Geographic range

K. dunni is endemic to western Colombia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of K. dunni is freshwater swamps and slow rivers.

References

  1. ↑ Forero Medina, G.; Rentería-Moreno, E.; Iverson, J.B.; Echavarría, M. (2026). "Kinosternon dunni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2026 e.T11008A500413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2026-1.RLTS.T11008A500413.en.
  2. ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 252. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  3. ↑ Rhodin 2010, p. 000.98
  4. ↑ 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).
  5. ↑ Moreno, Luis; Forero-Medina, Germán; Garcés-Restrepo, Mario; Rueda-Almonacid, José (2012-12-01). "Range extension of Kinosternon dunni Schmidt, 1947 (Reptilia, Testudines, Kinosternidae) in Chocó, Colombia". Check List. 8 (6): 1310–1312. Bibcode:2012CList...8.1310R. doi:10.15560/8.6.1310.
  6. ↑ Species Kinosternon dunni at The Reptile Database

Sources cited

Further reading

  • Schmidt KP (1947). "A New Kinosternid Turtle from Colombia". Fieldiana Zoology 31 (13): 109–112. (Kinosternon dunni, new species).