#1803 · 🦎 reptiles
Striped Mud Turtle
🇳🇱 Gestreepte modderschildpad ·Kinosternon baurii
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Mary Keim · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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- 3. © muckama · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © bobzappalorti · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Matt Muir · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Jeremy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © ecovore · CC BY 4.0
- 9. © Grover J. Brown · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Perry everett · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The striped mud turtle ( Kinosternon baurii ) is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to the southeastern United States.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,239 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Samuel Garman in 1891 (135 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Striped Mud Turtle
- Nederlands
- Gestreepte modderschildpad
- scientific name
- Kinosternon baurii
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Kinosternidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,239
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1891 by Samuel Garman
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Kinosternidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39753, Wikidata Q591562, GBIF 2442394, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.