Rough-footed mud turtle

The rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes) [1] is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Not to be confused with Mexican mud turtle.

Rough-footed mud turtle
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Kinosternidae
Genus:	Kinosternon
Species:	K. hirtipes
Binomial name
Kinosternon hirtipes (Wagler, 1830)
Synonyms[2]
Kinosternon hirtipes hirtipes Cinosternon hirtipes Wagler, 1830 (nomen nudum) Cinosternon hirtipes Wagler, 1833 Clemmys (Cinosternon) hirtipes — Fitzinger, 1835 Cinostermon [sic] hirtipes — Gray, 1844 Kinosternum hirtipes — LeConte, 1854 Kinosternon hirtipes — Gray, 1856 Cinosternum hirtipes — Agassiz, 1857 Thyrosternum hirtipes — Agassiz, 1857 Ozotheca hirtipes — LeConte, 1859 Chinosternum [sic] hirtipes — Caballero y Caballero, 1938 Kinosternon [hirtipes] hirtipes — Schmidt, 1953 Kynosternon [sic] hirtipes — Lopez, 1975 Kinosternon hertipes [sic] Semmler, Seidel & S. Williams, 1977 (ex errore) Kinosternon hirtipes chapalaense Kinosternon hirtipes chapalaense Pritchard, 1979 (nomen nudum) Kinosternon hirtipes chapalaense Iverson, 1981 Kinosternon hirtipes chapalense [sic] Obst, 1996 (ex errore) Kinosternon hirtipes magdalense Kinosternon hirtipes magdalense Iverson, 1981 Kinosternon hirtipes megacephalum Kinosternon hirtipes megacephalum Iverson, 1981 Kinosternon hirtipes megalocephala [sic] Artner, 2003 (ex errore) Kinosternon megacephalum — Joseph-Ouni, 2004 Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi Kinosternon murrayi Glass & Hartweg, 1951 Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi — Schmidt, 1953 Kinosternon hirtipes murryi [sic] Ashton, 1976 (ex errore) Kinosternon hirtipes tarascense Kinosternon hirtipes tarascense Iverson, 1981

Geographic range

K. hirtipes is found in the United States in Texas, and it is also found in Mexico in the Mexican states: Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Mexico DF, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, and Zacatecas.

Subspecies

Five subspecies of Kinosternon hirtipes are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]

• Valley of Mexico mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes hirtipes (Wagler, 1830)
• Lake Chapala mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes chapalaense Iverson, 1981
• San Juanico mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes magdalense Iverson, 1981
• Viesca mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes megacephalum Iverson, 1981 (Extinct)
• Mexican Plateau mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi Glass & Hartweg, 1951
• Patzcuarco mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes tarascense Iverson, 1981

Etymology

The subspecific name, murrayi, is in honor of American zoologist Leo Tildon Murray (1902–1958).[4]

References

1. van Dijk PP, Hammerson G, Vazquez Diaz J, Quintero Diaz GE, Santos G, Flores-Villela O (2007). "Kinosternon hirtipes (errata version published in 2016)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/63670/0
2. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 252–254. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
3. Species Kinosternon hirtipes at The Reptile Database
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi, p. 185).

External links

• Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. (Cinosternon [sic] hirtipes, new species, p. 137). (in German and Latin). .