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Sonora mud turtle
	Male
	In Sonora, Mexico
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Kinosternidae
Genus:	Kinosternon
Species:	K. sonoriense
Binomial name
	Kinosternon sonoriense; Le Conte, 1854
Synonyms
	Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense Kinosternum sonoriense LeConte, 1854; Kinosternon sonoriense Gray, 1856; Cinosternum sonoriense Agassiz, 1857; Thyrosternum sonoriense Agassiz, 1857; Kinosternum henrici LeConte, 1860; Thyrosternum henrici Troschel, 1860; Cinosternon henrici Strauch, 1862; Cinosternon sonoriense Strauch, 1862; Thylosternum sonoriense Müller, 1865; Swanka henricii Gray, 1870 (ex errore); Cinosternum henrici Cope, 1875; Swanka henrici Boulenger, 1889; Kinosternon sonoriensis Bogert & Oliver, 1945 (ex errore); Kinosternon sonorensis Weise, 1962 (ex errore); Kinosternon seonoriense Berry & Shine, 1980 (ex errore); Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense Iverson, 1981; Kinosternon sonorense sonorense Rogner, 1996 (ex errore); Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale Iverson, 1981; Kinosternon sonorense longifemorale Rogner, 1996;

The Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense), also known as the Sonoyta mud turtle, is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States.

Distribution

Mexico: Chihuahua and Sonora.
United States: Arizona and New Mexico (extirpated in California).

Subspecies

Sonora mud turtle (subspecies) - Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense (Le Conte, 1854)
Sonoyta mud turtle - Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale (Inverson, 1981)

Gallery

Male
Female, Arizona
In Arizona
In Sonora, Mexico
In Sonora, Mexico
Plastron, Sonora, Mexico
Juvenile, in Arizona

References

^ van Dijk, P.P. (2016) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Kinosternon sonoriense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T11011A97382186. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T11011A3238623.en.
^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 258–259. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.

Sources

Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Kinosternon sonoriense. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
LeConte, 1854 : Description of four new species of Kinosternum. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 7, p. 180–190 (integral text).
Ligon, Db, et al. “Physiological and Behavioral Variation in Estivation among Mud Turtles ( Kinosternon Spp.).” Physiological and Biochemical Zoology., vol. 75, no. 3, 2002, pp. 283–293., https://doi.org/10.1086/342000.
Stone, P. A. (2001). Movements and Demography of the Sonoran Mud Turtle, Kinosternon sonoriense. The Southwestern Naturalist, 46(1), 41–53. https://doi.org/10.2307/3672372