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Kinosternon acutum (Tabasco Mud Turtle)

Synonyms: Cinosternon effeldtii; Cinosternum berendtianum; Cryptochelys acuta; Kinosternon scorpioides acuta

Wikipedia Abstract

The Tabasco mud turtle (Kinosternon acutum) is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family.It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  266 grams
Female Weight [1]  266 grams
Egg Length [1]  1.26 inches (32 mm)
Egg Width [1]  0.669 inches (17 mm)
Gestation [1]  4 months 10 days
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [1]  5
Maximum Longevity [1]  45 years
Female Maturity [1]  9 years 6 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary IV 122962 Belize
Shipstern Nature Reserve IV 20453 Belize

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0