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Sonora Mud Turtle

Kinosternon (Kinosternon) sonoriense

The Sonora Mud Turtle, a small to medium-sized mud turtle found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Lineage: Turtles and Tortoises (TESTUDINES) > Cryptodira (CRYPTODIRA) > Durocryptodira (DUROCRYPTODIRA) > Snapping Turtles Superfamily (CHELYDROIDEA) > Mud and Musk Turtles (KINOSTERNIDAE) > Mud Turtles Subfamily (KINOSTERNINAE) > Mud Turtles (Kinosternon) > Mud Turtles Subgenus (Kinosternon (Kinosternon)) > Sonora Mud Turtle (Kinosternon (Kinosternon) sonoriense). This path helps place the taxon within its family, genus, or species-level context.

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Chinese Name: 索诺拉动胸龟

Sonora Mud Turtle

Kinosternon sonoriense

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Sonora Mud Turtle

Sonoyta Mud Turtle