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Basic information
Kinosternon subrubrum
Common Mud Turtle
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderTurtles
FamilyMud and musk turtles
GenusMud turtles
- Czech name
- Klapavka americká
- English name
- Common Mud Turtle
- Alternative names
- Eastern Mud Turtle, Florida Mud Turtle, Mississippi Mud Turtle
- Synonyms
- Cinosternum pensylvanicum, Kinosternon doubledayii, Kinosternon hippocrepis, Kinosternon louisianae, Kinosternon oblongum, Kinosternon punctatum, Swanka fasciata, Testudo pensilvanica, Testudo subrubra
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic
Size and appearance
- Carapace length
- max 102 mm
- Body mass
- max 306 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 4.1 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 50 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- 22–27.8 °C
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 2–5 individuals
- Sex determination
- Temperature-dependent sex determination
- Egg length
- ~25 mm
- Egg width
- ~16 mm
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3R875 · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4