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Kinosternidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Agassiz, Louis, 1857: null. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America, vol. 1. li + 452.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Kinosternidae

Name

Homonyms
Kinosternidae
Common names
Mud Turtles in English
Mud Turtles in English
Mud Turtles in English
Mud and Musk Turtles in English
Musk Turtles in English
Musk Turtles in English
Musk Turtles in English
Musk Turtles in English
Tortue serpent in French
Tortue serpent in French
American Mud And Musk Turtles in English
Mud And Musk Turtles in English
Mud and Musk Turtles in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Agassiz, Louis, 1857: null. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America, vol. 1. li + 452.
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  5. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1534 Sternotherus Gray, 1825 and Pelusios Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia, Testudines): conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46, 81-82 (1989)
  7. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  8. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  9. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
  10. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
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