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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.
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.
The eastern mud turtle is a small and often hard to identify species. It measures 3–4 in (7.6–10.2 cm) in carapace length. The carapace is keelless, lacks any pattern, and varies in color from yellowish to black.
"Dyna-mite" is a 1973 single, written by the songwriting team of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. It was originally written for the Sweet, who rejected it, and later inherited by the English glam rock band Mud. [3]
The generic name Sternotherus is Greek meaning hinged breast or chest, referring to the hinged plastron. [3] The trivial names, or specific epithets include: carinatus – Latin for keeled in reference to the shape of the carapace; [4] depressus – Latin for pressed down or low also referring to the shape of the carapace; [5] intermedius – Latin for intermediate, historically believed to be ...
The Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense), also known as the Sonoyta mud turtle, is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family.
Northern white-lipped mud turtle – K. l. leucostomum (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1851) Southern white-lipped mud turtle – K. l. postinguinale (Cope, 1887) Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Kinosternon. K. l. postinguinale in Colombia
City Girl is a 1930 American part-talkie sound film directed by F. W. Murnau, and starring Charles Farrell and Mary Duncan.It is based upon the play "The Mud Turtle" by Elliot Lester.