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Reptilia    Testudines    Kinosternidae  

Rough-footed Mud Turtle
Kinosternon hirtipes (Wagler, 1830)
KY-no-ster-non — HUR-tuh-peez

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Province/State Distribution:
United States: Texas

Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for ts rough or bristly feet.
Kinosternon — Greek origin meaning “moving chest.”
hirtipes — Latin hirtus = “hairy” + pes = “foot” — “bristly-footed,” referring to tubercles or rough skin on limbs.

First instance(s) of published English names:
Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Big Bend Mud Turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
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iNaturalist
  
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USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1830 Wagler, Johann G. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetier und Vogel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. [Natural system of amphibians, preceded by the classification of mammals and birds. A contribution to comparative zoology.]. Johann Georg Cotta, München [Munich], Germany. 354pp.
1978 Conant, Roger and James F. Berry. Turtles of the family Kinosternidae in the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico: Identification and distribution. American Museum Novitates (2642):1-18
1985 Iverson, John B. Kinosternon hirtipes.. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (361):1-4
1997 Starkey, David E. Molecular systematics and biogeography of the New World turtle genera Trachemys and Kinosternon. Dissertation. Texas A&M, College Station, Texas.. 149pp.

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