Sonora mud turtle
| Sonora mud turtle | |
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| Male | |
 
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Reptilia | 
| Order: | Testudines | 
| Suborder: | Cryptodira | 
| Family: | Kinosternidae | 
| Genus: | Kinosternon | 
| Species: | K. sonoriense 
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| Binomial name | |
| Kinosternon sonoriense Le Conte, 1854 
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The Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States. One subspecies, the Sonoyta mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) is currently recognized.
Distribution
- Mexico: Chihuahua and Sonora.
 - United States: Arizona and New Mexico (extirpated in California).
 
Subspecies
- Sonora mud turtle (subspecies) - Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense (Le Conte, 1854)
 - Sonoyta mud turtle - Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale (Inverson, 1981)
 
Gallery
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Female, Arizona - 
			
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Plastron, Sonora, Mexico - 
			
Juvenile, in Arizona 
References
- ^ Stone, P.A. (2025). "Kinosternon sonoriense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025: e.T11011A161718519.
 - ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 258–259. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.
 
Sources
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Kinosternon sonoriense. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
 - LeConte, 1854 : Description of four new species of Kinosternum. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 7, p. 180–190 (integral text).
 - Ligon, Db, et al. “Physiological and Behavioral Variation in Estivation among Mud Turtles ( Kinosternon Spp.).” Physiological and Biochemical Zoology., vol. 75, no. 3, 2002, pp. 283–293., https://doi.org/10.1086/342000.
 - Stone, P. A. (2001). Movements and Demography of the Sonoran Mud Turtle, Kinosternon sonoriense. The Southwestern Naturalist, 46(1), 41–53. https://doi.org/10.2307/3672372
 
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