Kinosternon hirtipes magdalense Iverson, 1981

Magdalena mud turtle (proposed)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1978

Rediscovered in: 2010

IUCN RedList status: "rare"

 

Distribution & Habitat

Magdalena valley, Michoacan, Mexico

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: UF 45035

Paratypes: UF 45036, UF 45038, UF 45039, UF 45040, TUL 18677

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Iverson, John B. (1981). Biosystematics of the Kinosternon hirtipes species group (Testudines, Kinosternidae). Tulane Studies in Zoology 23(1): 1-74.

 

Other references:

Iverson, John B. (2022). A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines). Megataxa 7(1): 1-85. https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1

Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo et al. (2021). Population Viability Analysis of Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi in Central México, with Notes on the Conservation Status of the Other Three Subspecies of the Lineage. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-1436.1 [Abstract]

Reyes-Velasco, Jacobo, Iverson, John B. and Flores-Villela, Oscar. (2013). The Conservation Status of Several Endemic Mexican Kinosternid Turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(1): 203-208. [Abstract]

van Dijk, P.P., Hammerson, G., Vazquez Diaz, J., Quintero Diaz, G.E., Santos, G. & Flores-Villela, O. (2007). Kinosternon hirtipes. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 18 August 2013.

Weaver, Sam et al. (2022). Assessing genomic and ecological differentiation among subspecies of the rough-footed mud turtle, Kinosternon hirtipes. Journal of Heredity. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esac036

 

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