Eastern Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

The mud turtle is a small reptile measuring 3-4 inches (7.5-10 cm) in length. The carapace, or upper shell, can be olive, dark brown or almost black. It is patternless, smooth and keelless. Unlike most turtles, It has only 11 marginal scutes rather than the 12. The plastron, or lower shell, is yellow to brown, double-hinged, with 11 plates. Males have a well-developed, blunt spine at the tip of the tail and rough scaly patches on the inside of the hind legs.

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References

Eastern Mud Turtle (1994, December 4). Department of environmental conservation. Retrieved April 17, 2020, from https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7152.html.

Photo References

Andlui (2011) Kinosternon subrubrum? [Photograph]. Austinsturtlepageturtleforum. http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upload/index.php?/forums/topic/135873-kinosternon-subrubrum/.

Brighton J. (2007). An eastern mud turtle found in Dorchester Co., Maryland [Photograph]. marylandbiodiversity. https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/viewSpecies.php?species=860.

Glorioso B. (2019). Tangipahoa parish, LA [Photograph]. Amphibiansandreptilesoflouisiana. https://www.louisianaherps.com/eastern-mud-turtle-kinoster.html.

Niemiller M. (2020). Eastern mud turtle [Photograph]. Tennesseewildliferecourcesagency. https://www.tn.gov/twra/wildlife/reptiles/turtle/eastern-mud-turtle.html.

Pierson T. (2010). Adult from norther Georgia [Photograph]. Indianaherpatlas. https://www.inherpatlas.org/species/kinosternon_subrubrum.

Virginia Herpetological Society. (2020).

Chesapeake [Photograph]. Virginiaherpetologicalsociety. http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/reptiles/turtles/eastern-mud-turtle/eastern_mud_turtle.php.

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