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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Reptiles
  5. Turtles and Tortoises
  6. American Mud and Musk Turtles
  7. Kinosternine Turtles
  8. Mud Turtles

genus

Mud Turtles

Kinosternon

Includes
6 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Eastern Mud Turtle native
  • Mexican Mud Turtle
  • Striped Mud Turtle native
  • White-lipped Mud Turtle
  • Yellow Mud Turtle native
  • Sonoran Mud Turtle native
  • Scorpion Mud Turtle introduced
  • Red-cheeked Mud Turtle
  • Chihuahuan Mud Turtle native
  • Florida Mud Turtle native
  • Arizona Mud Turtle native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native mud turtles All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum 8,871 observations
  • Striped Mud Turtle Kinosternon baurii 4,106 observations
  • Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens 1,846 observations
  • Sonoran Mud Turtle Kinosternon sonoriense 1,226 observations
  • Chihuahuan Mud Turtle Kinosternon hirtipes 491 observations
  • Florida Mud Turtle Kinosternon steindachneri 120 observations
  • Arizona Mud Turtle Kinosternon stejnegeri 60 observations

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