Cora mud turtle explained

The Cora mud turtle (Kinosternon cora) is a species of mud turtle endemic to western Mexico.

Description

The Cora mud turtle is a sister species of the Vallarta mud turtle (Kinosternon vogti), with which it shares most morphological characteristics. It is distinguished from other Kinosternon species (except K. vogti) in having a reduced and weakly movable plastron, and a comparatively wider carapace. The turtle differs from K. vogti mainly in being larger, darker in colour, and having shell scutes of different shapes and dimensions.^{[1] [2]}

The Cora mud turtle is found in the Mexican states of Nayarit and Sinaloa.^[3] It is named after the Cora people, a Native Mexican people who live in Nayarit.

Notes and References

1. Loc-Barragán. Jesús A.. Reyes-Velasco. Jacobo. Woolrich-Piña. Guillermo A.. Grünwald. Christoph I.. De Anaya. Myriam Venegas. Rangel-Mendoza. Judith A.. López-Luna. Marco A.. 2020-11-27. A New Species of Mud Turtle of Genus Kinosternon (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from the Pacific Coastal Plain of Northwestern Mexico. Zootaxa. 4885. 4. 509–529. 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.3. 33311258. 1175-5334. 29 November 2020. 29 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129195219/https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4885.4.3. live. free.
2. Web site: 2020-11-27. Descritta una nuova specie di tartaruga del fango: Kinosternon cora. 2020-11-29. Tartapedia. it-IT. 18 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218022441/https://tartapedia.it/descritta-una-nuova-specie-di-tartaruga-del-fango-kinosternon-cora/. live.
3. Web site: 2020-11-27. ¡Buenas noticias! Científicos descubren una nueva especie de tortuga mexicana. 2020-11-29. Animal MX. es. 27 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201127221802/https://animal.mx/2020/11/nueva-especie-de-tortuga-mexico-nayarit-sinaloa/. live.