Creaser's mud turtle
Creaser's mud turtle (Kinosternon creaseri) is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula in southeastern Mexico.
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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. creaseri
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| Kinosternon creaseri | |
Geographic range
K. creaseri is found in the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of K. creaseri is ponds, both permanent and temporary, in forest, shrubland, and freshwater wetlands.[1]
Behavior
K. creaseri aestivates most of the year, and is only active during the rainy season, which occurs in June through October.[1]
Reproduction
K. creaseri is oviparous.[1][3] Clutch size is one or two eggs, and each female lays more than one clutch per year.[1] Sex of the hatchlings is determined by temperature.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, creaseri, is in honor of American zoologist Edwin Phillip Creaser (1907–1981).[4]
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 van Dijk, P.P.; Lee, J.; Calderón Mandujano, R. (2016) [errata version of 2007 assessment]. "Kinosternon creaseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T11006A97380420. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T11006A3239182.en. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 251–252. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.
- ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Species Kinosternon creaseri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kinosternon creaseri, p. 61).
Further reading
- Hartweg NE (1934). "Description of a new kinosternid from Yucatan". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (277): 1–2. (Kinosternon creaseri, new species).
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