Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens flavescens)
Description The yellow mud turtle is a small, olive-colored turtle. Its name comes from the yellow-colored areas on its throat, head, and sides of its neck.
Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
Description: Less than 6½" carapace length. Carapace dull olive, yellowish green, or brown; plastron yellowish to buff. Chin and throat yellow.
Striped Mud Turtle
Kinosternon baurii
Photo by J. Willson
Description: A small turtle that, in most of its range, has three light stripes down the length of its shell. In North Carolina, these stripes are absent.
Eastern Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum
Photo by J. Willson
Description: This is a small turtle with a smooth, unmarked carapace (top of shell), which ranges in coloration from olive to dark brown.
Striped Mud Turtle
Sighting:
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Collier County, Florida ...
The Florida Mud Turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri, is found throughout the state. It is found primarily near small, shallow bodies of water. Its oval shell is dark and unmarked.
Mud turtle is the common name given to two genera of aquatic turtles: Kinosternon, mud turtles found in North and South America, and Pelusios, mud turtles found in Africa. Some species are kept as pets.
Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
No photo of the Yellow Mud Turtle available.
The Yellow Mud Turtle is from the order Testudines. All turtles are testudines (or Chelonia). There are more than 280 different species belonging to this order.
Eastern Mud Turtle Stats
Scientific Name: Kinosternon subrubrum
Family: Kinosternidae
Adult Size: Up to 4 inches ...
Eastern Mud Turtle
Photograph by LA Dawson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
EASTERN MUD TURTLE FACTS ...
Eastern Mud Turtle
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Yellowbelly mud turtle (Pelusios castanoides)
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In the wild, African Side-necked Turtles or African Mud Turtles are found in a variety of habitats from rivers and shallow pools to large lakes. In captivity most can be kept in relatively simple enclosures.
This page contains samples from our picture files of the White-lipped Mud Turtle. These images are intended to communicate the sense of awe and wonder I have for these amazing beings.
Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum)
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Yellow Mud Turtle
Kinosternon flavescens
Dwelling in the water. Most reptiles and amphibians are technically semiaquatic.
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Striped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon baurii)
Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum)
Stripeneck/Loggerhead Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor)
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Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum ssp. Common statewide in virtually all aquatic habitats except free-flowing creeks and rivers. Often wanders on land and is frequently seen crossing roads. Includes K. s. subrubrum (eastern mud turtle) and K.
Eastern Mud Turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum
Description: 2 ¾ - 4 5/16" (7-11 cm). Very small turtle. Entire color is usually light to medium brown. Plastron may be yellow and is double hinged. Carapace is smooth.
eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum)
eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta)
eastern ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus sauritus)
eastern river cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna) ...
Painted turtles are often erroneously referred to as "mud turtles" by many Minnesotans. True mud turtles are of the genus Kinosternon and do not occur in Minnesota, but are found in much of southern United States.
The Pine Barrens is home to a rich variety of wildlife. "Quonking" Pine Barrens tree frogs, eastern mud turtles, northen pine snakes and river otters are all denizens. And many more...
Mammals ...
Western Pond Turtle (Clemmys marmorata)
also known as the Pacific Freshwater Turtle, Pacific Pond Turtle, Pacific Mud Turtle, and Pacific Terrapin
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Species Code: CLMA ...
Two other species of small turtles are the American mud turtles and musk turtles that live in an area that ranges from Canada to South America. The shell length of many species in this group is less than 13 centimetres (5.1 in) in length.
The Painted Turtle is the most common turtle in the region. In parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin they are commonly called "mud turtles".
Identification ...
feed on, worms , insects , and shellfish, fish , and some plants. All turtles lay eggs, ocean going turtles return to land at egg laying time. In the United States most common small turtles are the painted, spotted, musk slider, and mud turtles.
The musk turtles and mud turtles (family Kinosternidae) are common small turtles of the E United States, and are found only in the Americas.
PREDATORS : Mud turtles (Kinosternon flavescens), spotted skunks (Spilogale putarius) [13], raccoons (Procyon lotor) [5], common crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), and other tadpoles [9] have been noted to prey upon spadefoot tadpoles.
 See also: Turtle, Shell, Reptile, Musk, Musk Turtle
  
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