Biology:Cora mud turtle
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Short description: Species of mud turtle found in Mexico
| Cora mud turtle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Kinosternidae |
| Genus: | Kinosternon |
| Species: | K. cora
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| Binomial name | |
| Kinosternon cora Loc-Barragán et al., 2020
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The Cora mud turtle (Kinosternon cora) is a species of mud turtle endemic to western Mexico.
Description
The Cora mud turtle is a sister species of the Vallarta mud turtle (Kinosternon vogti), with which it shares most morphological characteristics. It is distinguished from other Kinosternon species (except K. vogti) in having a reduced and weakly movable plastron, and a comparatively wider carapace. The turtle differs from K. vogti mainly in being larger, darker in colour, and having shell scutes of different shapes and dimensions.[2][3]
The Cora mud turtle is found in the Mexican states of Nayarit and Sinaloa.[4] It is named after the Cora people, a Native Mexican people who live in Nayarit.[2]
References
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Loc-Barragán, Jesús A.; Reyes-Velasco, Jacobo; Woolrich-Piña, Guillermo A.; Grünwald, Christoph I.; De Anaya, Myriam Venegas; Rangel-Mendoza, Judith A.; López-Luna, Marco A. (2020-11-27). "A New Species of Mud Turtle of Genus Kinosternon (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from the Pacific Coastal Plain of Northwestern Mexico". Zootaxa 4885 (4): 509–529. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311258. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4885.4.3. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "Descritta una nuova specie di tartaruga del fango: Kinosternon cora" (in it-IT). 2020-11-27. https://tartapedia.it/descritta-una-nuova-specie-di-tartaruga-del-fango-kinosternon-cora/.
- ↑ "¡Buenas noticias! Científicos descubren una nueva especie de tortuga mexicana" (in es). 2020-11-27. https://animal.mx/2020/11/nueva-especie-de-tortuga-mexico-nayarit-sinaloa/.
Wikidata ☰ Q102792538 entry
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