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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.
The East African black mud turtle is omnivorous and takes fish, invertebrates, and plants. [7] It is known to reach an age of over fifty years in captivity and forty-seven years in the wild. Females lay nests of 3-12 eggs. They lay their eggs in the spring and bury them in mud. Eggs take about two months to hatch.
The Mexican mud turtle's nesting season lasts from early May to September, beginning just prior to the summer rainy season. [4] A typical clutch size for each female is 2 to 4 eggs, but can range between 1 and 8. [5] [6] Another distinctive feature within the species is the nostrils on male and female turtles.
The Arizona mud turtle mates primarily in July and early August, and the female lays three to seven eggs. [6] The Arizona mud turtle usually buries its eggs close to food sources. [ 9 ] Hatchlings are usually 25–28 mm (0.98–1.10 in) carapace length and have life span from 6 to 10 years age.
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.
Jalisco mud turtles reproduce oviparous, meaning the eggs hatch after the parent has laid them. [3] Population size is unknown; there have been less than 20 individuals seen in the last twenty years. The mud turtle is said to be adapted to aquatic habitats, meaning that a population decline is then expected due to habitat fragmentation. [4]
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 eggs, which are slightly over 2.5 cm (1 in) long, hatch 13 to 19 weeks later. The hatchlings are about 2.5 cm (1 inch) in straight carapace length and, unlike the adult turtles, have keeled carapaces.