family Kinosternidae


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Noun1.family Kinosternidae - mud turtles; musk turtles
Kinosternidae
reptile family - a family of reptiles
order Chelonia, order Testudinata, order Testudines, Testudinata, Testudines, Chelonia - tortoises and turtles
genus Kinosternon, Kinosternon - type genus of the Kinosternidae
genus Sternotherus, Sternotherus - musk turtles
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The scorpion mud turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides) is a freshwater turtle of the family Kinosternidae which has both aquatic and terrestrial habits and feeding on fish tadpoles adult amphibians insects algae plant debris crustaceans and gastropods (Vanzolini et al.
Plasma Testosterone and Seasonal Reproductive Changes in the Scorpion Mud Turtle
avivoca Viosca, bird-voiced treefrog CLASS REPTILIA Order Testudines (turtles) Family Chelydridae (snapping turtles) Chelydra serpentina Linnaeus, I common snapping turtle Macroclemys temminckii SW (Troost), alligator snapping turtle Family Kinosternidae (musk and mud turtles) Kinosternon subrubrum NW, SW (Lacepede), eastern mud turtle) Sternotherus odoratus I (Latreille), common musk turtle Family Emydidae (box and water turtles) Chrysemys picts (Schneider), I painted turtle Clemmsys guttata (Schneider), N spotted turtle Emydoidea blandingii N (Holbrook), Blanding's turtle Graptemys geographica I (LeSueur), map turtle G.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana

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