Biology:Mexican mud turtle
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| Mexican mud turtle (Kinosternon integrum), a sub-adult from the Municipality of Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico (20 Sept 2003). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Kinosternidae |
| Genus: | Kinosternon |
| Species: | K. integrum
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| Binomial name | |
| Kinosternon integrum (Le Conte, 1854)
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The Mexican mud turtle (Kinosternon integrum),[1][3] is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. Endemic to Mexico, it is found in Aguascalientes, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, México, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas, where they inhabit moist environments, such as shallow ponds, lakes, rivers or intermediate temp. tropical forest areas.
Reproduction
The Mexican mud turtle's nesting season lasts from early May to September, beginning just prior to the summer rainy season.[4] A typical clutch size for each female is 2 to 4 eggs, but can range between 1 and 8.[5][6] Another distinctive feature within the species is the nostrils on male and female turtles. The females have a more rounded nostril and the nostril is more brownish as to yellow like the male. The Mexican mud turtle is an organism that "bet hedges" meaning that its organism fitness varies depending on the condition it is in. When in a relaxed, every-day state, its fitness levels are low, however when stressed its fitness level increases. Bet hedging affects this organism's reproductive window as well, allowing it to only reproduce every two to three seasons.[7]
Diet
Mexican mud turtles are omnivores. Some of the plants consumed include: Filamentous algae, grass seeds, guava seeds, etcetera. Some of the animals consumed include: Ants, wasps, bees, etcetera. It has been found that during the dry seasons, females tend to eat more plant matter than males.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 van Dijk, P.P.; Hammerson, G.; Vazquez Diaz, J.; Quintero Diaz, G.E.; Santos, G.; Flores-Villela, O. (2007). "Kinosternon integrum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63671A97381758. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63671A12705506.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63671/97381758. Retrieved 12 January 2020.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- ↑ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 254. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
- ↑ Liner, Ernest A. and Gustavo Casas-Andreu. 2008. Standard Spanish, English and scientific names of the amphibians and reptiles of Mexico. Society for the Study Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Circular 38: iv, 162 pp. (page 157)ISBN:978-0-916984-75-5
- ↑ Iverson, John B. (1999). "Reproduction in the Mexican Mud Turtle Kinosternon integrum". Journal of Herpetology 33 (1): 144–148. doi:10.2307/1565557. ISSN 0022-1511.
- ↑ Casas-Andreu, Gustavo; Aguilar-Miguel, Xochitl S.; Cisneros, Maria de Lourdes Arias; Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo (December 2009). "Population Ecology and Reproduction of the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in Tonatico, Estado de México". Western North American Naturalist 69 (4): 501–510. doi:10.3398/064.069.0410. ISSN 1527-0904. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol69/iss4/10.
- ↑ Sustaita-Rodríguez, Víctor Hugo; Arias-Cisneros, María de Lourdes; Casas-Andreu, Gustavo; Brauer-Robleda, Pablo; Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo (January 2012). "Evidence for the Morphological Constraint Hypothesis and Optimal Offspring Size Theory in the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum)". Zoological Science 29 (1): 60–65. doi:10.2108/zsj.29.60. ISSN 0289-0003. PMID 22233498.
- ↑ Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo; Cisneros, Maria de Lourdes Arias; Aguilar-Miguel, Xochitl S.; Casas-Andreu, Gustavo (December 2009). "Population Ecology and Reproduction of the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in Tonatico, Estado de México". Western North American Naturalist 69 (4): 501–510. doi:10.3398/064.069.0410. ISSN 1527-0904. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol69/iss4/10.
- ↑ Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo; Sustaita-Rodríguez, Victor; Barrios-Quiroz, Gabriel; Casas-Andreu, Gustavo (December 2009). "Population Ecology and Reproduction of the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in Tonatico, Estado de México". Chelonian Conservation and Biology 9 (1): 90–97. doi:10.2744/CCB-0782.1. https://www.academia.edu/1444736.
Sources
- Le Conte, 1854: "Description of four new species of Kinosternum". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 7: 180–190.
- Iverson, John B. (1999). "Reproduction in the Mexican Mud Turtle Kinosternon integrum". Journal of Herpetology 33 (1): 144–148. doi:10.2307/1565557.
- Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo; Cisneros, Maria de Lourdes Arias; Aguilar-Miguel, Xochitl S.; Casas-Andreu, Gustavo (2009). "Population Ecology and Reproduction of the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in Tonatico, Estado de México". Western North American Naturalist 69 (4): 501–510. doi:10.3398/064.069.0410. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol69/iss4/10.
- Aparicio, Ángeles; Mercado, Ivette Enríquez; Ugalde, Alejandro Montiel; Gaona-Murillo, Eder; Butterfield, Taggert; Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo (2018). "Ecological Observations of the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in the Pátzcuaro Basin, Michoacán, México". Chelonian Conservation and Biology 17 (2): 284. doi:10.2744/CCB-1305.1.
- Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo; Sustaita-Rodríguez, Víctor Hugo; Barrios-Quiroz, Gabriel; Casas-Andreu, Gustavo (2010). "Alimentary Habits of the Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in Tonatico, Estado de México". Chelonian Conservation and Biology 9: 90–97. doi:10.2744/CCB-0782.1.
- Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo & Zuñiga Vega, Jaime & Brauer Robleda, Pablo & Casas-Andreu, Gustavo (2011). "Demography of two populations of the Mexican mud turtle (Kinosternon integrum) in central Mexico". Herpetological Journal. 21.
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