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Sonoran Mud Turtle
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Scientific Name:
Kinosternon Sonoriense
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Common Name:
Sonoran Mud Turtle
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Description:
Identification: 3.125 - 6 in. (7.9-16,5 cm). Resembles Yellow Mud Turtle, but lacks supraorbital ridges. Carapace has three lengthwise keels (except in very old individuals); 9th marginal shield not enlarged: bridge of plastron lacks lengthwise groove. Head and neck heavily mottled with contrasting light and dark markings. , Eats insects, centipedes, millipedes, spiders, crustaceans, worms, mollusks, amphibians, fish, carrion, and aquatic plants.
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References:
Excerpts from A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, 3/e by Robert C. Stebbins. Copyright (c) 2003 by Robert C. Stebbins. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Diet:
crustaceans, insects, worms, fish, frogs
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Size:
60.25"
