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Basic information
Kinosternon scorpioides
Scorpion Mud Turtle
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderTurtles
FamilyMud and musk turtles
GenusMud turtles
- Czech name
- Klapavka štíří
- English name
- Scorpion Mud Turtle
- Alternative names
- Klapavka štírovitá, Cabeçudinho, Cágado, Jurará, Muçuã, Peito-de-Mola, Red-cheeked Mud Turtle, Scorpian mud turtle, Tortuga Escorpión
- Synonyms
- Cinosternum scorpioides integrum, Kinosternon brevicaudatum, Kinosternon longicaudatum, Kinosternon panamensis, Kinosternon scorpioides carajasensis, Kinosternon scorpioides pachyurum, Kinosternon scorpioides seriei, Kinosternon shavianum, Kinosternon shawianum, Monoclida retziana, Testudo retzii, Testudo scorpioides, Testudo tricarinata
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal, Saxicolous, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Carapace length
- max 270 mm
- Body mass
- max 3,458 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 6.3 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 44.8 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- 22–27.8 °C
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–6 individuals
- Clutches per year
- ~3 × per year
- Sex determination
- Temperature-dependent sex determination
- Egg length
- ~32 mm
- Egg width
- ~17 mm
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3R86W · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4