A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Kinosternidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Central Chiapas Mud TurtleKinosternon abaxillare Baur, 1925 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tabasco Mud TurtleKinosternon acutum Gray, 1831 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alamos Mud TurtleKinosternon alamosae Berry & Legler, 1980 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kinosternon albogulare (Duméril & Bocourt, 1870) | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central American Mud TurtleKinosternon angustipons Legler, 1965 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped Mud TurtleKinosternon baurii (Garman, 1891) | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jalisco Mud TurtleKinosternon chimalhuaca Berry, Seidel & Iverson, 1997 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cora Mud TurtleKinosternon cora Loc-Barragán, Reyes-Velasco, Woolrich-Piña, Grünwald, Venegas De Anaya, Rangel-Mendoza & López-Luna, 2020 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Creaser’s Mud TurtleKinosternon creaseri Hartweg, 1934 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kinosternon cruentatum (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1851) | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Colombian Mud TurtleKinosternon dunni Schmidt, 1947 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Durango Mud TurtleKinosternon durangoense Iverson, 1979 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow Mud TurtleKinosternon flavescens (Agassiz, 1857) | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mississippi Mud TurtleKinosternon hippocrepis Gray, 1856 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican Mud TurtleKinosternon hirtipes (Wagler, 1830) | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-lipped Mud TurtleKinosternon leucostomum (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1851) | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oaxaca Mud TurtleKinosternon oaxacae Berry & Iverson, 1980 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scorpion Mud TurtleKinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766) | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sonoran Mud TurtleKinosternon sonoriense Le Conte, 1854 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arizona Mud TurtleKinosternon stejnegeri Hartweg, 1938 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Mud TurtleKinosternon subrubrum Bonnaterre, 1789 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiapas Giant Musk TurtleStaurotypus salvinii Gray, 1864 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican Giant Musk TurtleStaurotypus triporcatus (Wiegmann, 1828) | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Razorback Musk TurtleSternotherus carinatus (Gray, 1856) | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flattened Musk TurtleSternotherus depressus Tinkle & Webb, 1955 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Intermediate Musk TurtleSternotherus intermedius Scott, Glenn & Rissler, 2017 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loggerhead Musk TurtleSternotherus minor (Agassiz, 1857) | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Musk TurtleSternotherus odoratus (Latreille, 1802) | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stripeneck Musk TurtleSternotherus peltifer Smith & Glass, 1947 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.