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The striped mud turtle (Kinosternon baurii) is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. Etymology
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The Kinosternidae are a family of mostly small turtles that includes the mud turtles and musk turtles. The family contains 25 species within four genera, but taxonomic reclassification is an ongoing process, so many sources vary on the exact numbers of species and subspecies.
Mud turtles live in the ground layer on the bed of bodies of slowly-flowing or still water. By burrowing deeply into mud, mud turtles are protected from danger. They occasionally like to bask in the sun.
Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina; Family: Kinosternidae. Striped mud turtle Kinosternon baurii; Southeastern mud turtle Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum; Stripe-necked musk turtle [broken anchor] Sternotherus minor peltifer; Eastern musk turtle Sternotherus odoratus; Family: Emydidae. Eastern painted turtle Chrysemys picta picta; Spotted ...
The Chinese stripe-necked turtle mostly eats plants and snails, but they’ll also eat the occasional insect, fly larvae and pupae. Mature females are more likely to feed on the plants, while ...
Striped mud turtle; T. Tabasco mud turtle; V. Vallarta mud turtle; W. White-lipped mud turtle; Y. Yellow mud turtle This page was last edited on 8 September ...
Kinosterninae is a subfamily of the family Kinosternidae, a family of aquatic turtles. Kinosterninae contains the genera Kinosternon and Sternotherus, which are native to much of the United States and northern Mexico. There are 27 species from 4 genera in the two subfamilies Staurotypinae and Kinosterninae. [1]