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Staurotypus triporcatus (Mexican Giant Musk Turtle)

Synonyms: Claudius pictus; Terrapene triporcata

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mexican musk turtle or narrow-bridged musk turtle (Staurotypus triporcatus) is a species of turtles in the Kinosternidae family. It is found in Central America and Mexico.
View Wikipedia Record: Staurotypus triporcatus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  9.259 lbs (4.20 kg)
Female Weight [1]  9.259 lbs (4.20 kg)
Gestation [1]  3 months 24 days
Litter Size [1]  10
Maximum Longevity [2]  34 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge IV 19771 Honduras    
Jeanette Kawas National Park 6379 Honduras    

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
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
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