The Cora mud turtle (Kinosternon cora) is a species of mud turtle endemic to western 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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Description edit
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 edit
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ a b 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. (27 November 2020). "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. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Descritta una nuova specie di tartaruga del fango: Kinosternon cora". Tartapedia (in Italian). 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "¡Buenas noticias! Científicos descubren una nueva especie de tortuga mexicana". Animal MX (in Spanish). 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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