Number of Pages: 2Integrative BiologyGeological Science

Berry, James F.

Iverson, John B.

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Number of Pages: 2Integrative BiologyEarth and Planetary Science

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REPTILIA: TESTUDINES: KINOSTERNIDAECatalogueof AmericanAmphibiansand Reptiles.BERRY,JAMES F., ANDJOHN B. IVERSON.1980. Kinosternonherrerai.KinosternonherreraiStejnegerHerrera'smudturtleKinosternonherreraiStejneger,1925:462.Type-locality,"Xochi-milco,Valleyof Mexico" (in error),restrictedto "La Laja,Veracruz[Mexico]"bySmithandTaylor(1950),andlaterto"Tampico" by Smithand Brandon(1968). Holotype,U.S.Nat.Mus., 61249,anadultmalecollected(dateunknown)byDr. A. L. Herrera(examinedby theauthors).• CONTENT.No subspeciesarerecognized.• DEFINITION.Adult malesare 120 to 170 mmin carapacelength,females110to 150mm.The adultcarapacehasa singlemediankeel,usuallyobscurein olderadults.Juveniles(to57mm)havetwo additionallow dorsolateralkeels.Hatchlingsare un-known.The first vertebralscuteis very narrowand doesnotcontactthe secondmarginal;the tenthandeleventhmarginalsare elevatedabovetheninthmarginal.At leastthreevertebralscutesareaswideor widerthanlong.The carapaceis browntoolive with dark seams.The axillaryscutealwayscontactstheinguinal.The plastronhastwofreelykinetichingesborderingtheabdominalscutes.Thegularscuteis almostalwayslessthanhalfthe lengthof the anteriorplastrallobe.The interpectoralseamlengthis less than 10% of the maximumplastronlength.Theinterabdominalseamis 20-30% of themaximumplastronlength,andis shorterthaneitherplastrallobe.The plastronof adultsisnotchedposteriorlyandis yellowtolightbrown,oftenwithdarkerseams.The skin is gray-brownto yellow,thelimbsdarklyspot-ted.The headis markeddorsallyandlaterallywithbrownspotsor reticulations:ventrallyit is nearlyimmaculate.The jaws arestreakedwithbrownandtheadultbeakis stronglyhooked.Thedorsalheadshieldis forkedposteriorly.Twopairsofchinbarbelsarepresent;a larger,anteriorpairimmediatelybehindtheman-dibularsymphysis,anda slightlysmallerposteriorpairevenwithI',.j,",; .. \I\1i .~• Ilf~.~c~.,MI.100 150 260KM.MAP. The solid circle marksthe restrictedtype-locality;opencirclesindicateotherlocalityrecords.239.1KINOSTERNON HERRERAIthetympanum.Femaleshaveshortstubbytails.Maleshavelong,thicktailswithterminalspines,anda patchof tuberculatescalesontheposteriorsurfaceof eachthighandcrus.• DESCRIPTIONS.Descriptionsare in Shannonand Smith(1949),PoglayenandSmith(1958),Poglayen(1965),WilliamsandWilson(1965),andPritchard(1967, 1969).Musk glandsare de-scribedby Waagen(1972).• ILLUSTRATIONS.Black and white photographsappearinRust (1938), Shannonand Smith (1950), Poglayenand Smith(1958),CasasAndreu(1967),andPritchard(1969).Line drawingsappearin WermuthandMertens(1961).• DISTRIBUTION.Kinosternonherreraioccursin easternMex-ico in thestatesof Tamaulipas,Veracruz,SanLuis Potosi,Hi-dalgo,and Puebla. It is confinedto Gulf of Mexico drainagesbetweenandincludingat leastthebasinsof the Rio TamesiinTamaulipasandtheRio Actopanin Veracruz.It doesnotoccurnaturallyin the Valleyof Mexico,the originallystatedtypelo-cality.SmithandBrandon(1968)suggestedthatthetypeswereprobablypurchasedin themarketsof Tampico.• FOSSILRECORD.None.• PERTINENTLITERATURE.Thereare no accountsof the bi-ologyof Kinosternonherrerai.Importantreferencesare:dimen-sions,ShannonandSmith(1949[1950])andPritchard(1969);os-teology,Pritchard (1969); choanalstructure,Parsons (1968);habitsin captivity,Poglayen(1965); longevity,Mariani (1935);exploitationbyman,Pritchard(1969)andMittermeier(1971);anddistribution,ShannonandSmith(1949[1950]),Martin,RobinsandHeed (1954), Poglayenand Smith (1958), Williamsand Wilson(1965), Casas Andreu (1967), Webb, Baker and Dalby (1967),SmithandBrandon(1968),Pritchard(1969), Reese(1971), andIversonandBerry(In Press).• ETYMOLOGY.The specificnameherreraihonorsDr. AlfonsoL. Herrera,pastdirectorof theNationalMuseumofMexico,whodonatedthetypespecimen.LITERATURECITEDCasasAndreu,Gustavo.1967. Contribucional conocimientodelas tortugasdulciaguicolasdeMexico.Mexico,D. F., Univ.Nac. Auton.Mexico,Fac. Ciencias,Dept.BioI. 96p.Iverson,John B., and James F. Berry. In Press. The genusKinosternonin northeasternMexico(Testudines:Kinoster-nidae).Herpetologica35(4).Mariani,Alfred. 1935. RundbesuchbeiWeinerVivarianern.Bl.Aquarien.Terrarienkunde46(2):37-41.Martin,PaulS., C. R. Robins,andWilliamB. Heed. 1954. Birdsandbiogeographyof the Sierrade Tamaulipas,an isolatedpine-oakhabitat.WilsonBull. 66(1):38-57.Mittermeier,RussellA. 1971. Status-The marketin so.e.Mex-ico. Int. TurtleTortoiseSoc. J. 5(3):15-19.Parsons,Thomas. 1968. Variationin the choanalstructureofRecentturtles.CanadianJ. Zool.46(6):1235-1263.Poglayen,Ivo. 1965. Observationson Herrera'smudturtle,Ki-nosternonherreraiStejneger.Int. ZooYearb.5:171-173.-, andHobartM. Smith. 1958. NoteworthyherptilesfromMex-ico. Herpetologica14(1):1l-15.Pritchard,PeterC. H. 1967. Livingturtlesof theworld.T.F.H.Publ., Inc., JerseyCity, NewJersey.288 p.- 1969. Herrera'smud turtle. Int. Turtle Tortoise Soc. J.3(3):6-9, 35.Reese,RobertW. 1971. Notesona smallherpetologicalcollec-tion from northeasternMexico. J. Herpetol.5(1-2):67-69.Rust, Hans-Theodor.1938. Interessanteschildkroten.V. DieSchildkrotengatungKinosternonSpix. Wochenschr.Aquar-ien.Terrarienkunde(35):1-4.Shannon,FrederickA., andHobartM. Smith. 1949(1950).Her-petologicalresultsof theUniversityof Illinois fieldexpedi-tion, spring,1949. I. Introduction,Testudines,Serpentes.Trans.KansasAcad. Sci. 52(4):499-514.Smith,HobartM., andEdwardH. Taylor. 1950. An annotatedchecklistand key to the reptilesof Mexico exclusiveofsnakes.U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull: (199):v +253.-, andRonaldA. Brandon.1968. DatanovaherpetologicaMex-icana.Trans.KansasAcad. Sci. 71(1):49-61.Stejneger, Leonhard. 1925. New species and subspecies ofAmerican turtles. J. Washington Acad. ScL 15(20):462-463.Waagen, Gerald N. 1972. Musk glands in Recent turtles. M.S.thesis. Univ. of Utah. 64 p.Webb, Robert G., Rollin H. Baker, and Peter L. Dalby. 1967.Vertebrados de la Isla del Toro, Veracruz. An. Inst. BioI.Univ. Nac. Auton. Mexico Ser. ZooI. 38(1):1~.Wermuth, Heinz, and R. Mertens. 1961. Schildkroten. Kroko-dile. Bruckenechsen. Gustav Fischer, Jena. 422 p.Williams, Kenneth L., and Larry David Wilson. 1965. Notewor-thy Mexican reptiles in the Louisiana State University Mu-seum of Zoology. Proc. Louisiana Acad. ScL 28:127-130.239.2JAMES F. BERRY, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH84112(PRESENT ADDRESS,ELMHURST COLLEGE, ELMHURST,ILLINOIS 60126), AND JOHN B. IVERSON, FLORIDA STATEMUSEUM, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA 32611(PRESENT ADDRESS,EARLHAM COLLEGE, RICHMOND, INDIANA 47374).Primary editor for this account, Carl Ernst.Published 25 January 1980and Copyright 1980by the SOCIETYFOR THE STUDY OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES.

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