Arizona Mud Turtle
Kinosternon arizonense
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- K. arizonense – Pima co, AZ – photo by Tom Brennan
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Kinosternon arizonense occurs in south-central Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: No listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Kinosternon arizonense (Gilmore – 1922)
Genus: Kinosternon, Greek – kineo = move + sternon = chest, breast — ref. their ability to move lower shell
Species: arizonense, belonging to the state of Arizona – described from two presumed fossils, Cochise Cty., AZ, 1921.
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962