NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Striped Mud Turtle
Kinosternon baurii (Garman, 1891)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Kinosternon baurii (Garman, 1891)
- Name authority
- (Garman, 1891)
- Common name
- Striped Mud Turtle
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Kinosternidae
- Genus
- Kinosternon
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderTestudines Batsch, 1788
- suborderCryptodira
- superfamilyChelydroidea
- familyKinosternidae
- genusKinosternon
- speciesKinosternon baurii (Garman, 1891)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Kinosternon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tabasco Mud TurtleKinosternon acutum Gray, 1831 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jalisco Mud TurtleKinosternon chimalhuaca Berry, Seidel & Iverson, 1997 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Mississippi Mud TurtleKinosternon hippocrepis Gray, 1856 | 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 |
| Arizona Mud TurtleKinosternon stejnegeri Hartweg, 1938 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central Chiapas Mud TurtleKinosternon abaxillare Baur, 1925 | KinosternidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cinosternon baurii Garman, 1891 Garman, 1891 | synonym |
| Kinosternon bauri palmarum Stejneger, 1925 Stejneger, 1925 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Kinosternon&species=baurii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3R85X. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.