#1804 · 🦎 reptiles
Mexican Mud Turtle
Kinosternon integrum
📍 Tapalpa, Jal., México
📍 Zodiaco, Cuernavaca, Mor., México
📍 Arroyo, Jardin Mexicano, Unnamed Road, Colinas de San Javier, 44660 Guadalajara, Jal., México
📍 Bosque los Colomos, Guadalajara, JAL, MX
📍 54260 Méx., México
📍 45664 Jal., México
📍 Bosque los Colomos, Guadalajara, JAL, MX
📍 Parque Sinaloa, Los Mochis, Sin., México
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Cristian Olvera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Francisco Farriols Sarabia · CC BY 4.0
- 3. Tapalpa, Jal., México:© Leonardo M. Martínez-Campos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Zodiaco, Cuernavaca, Mor., México:© Jonatan Rodríguez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Arroyo, Jardin Mexicano, Unnamed Road, Colinas de San Javier, 44660 Guadalajara, Jal., México:© Leon Hernandez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Bosque los Colomos, Guadalajara, JAL, MX:© Santiago Rosales · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 54260 Méx., México:© Jonathan Félix García García · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 45664 Jal., México:© Leonardo M. Martínez-Campos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Bosque los Colomos, Guadalajara, JAL, MX:© Santiago Rosales · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Parque Sinaloa, Los Mochis, Sin., México:© Jovani León · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Mexican mud turtle ( Kinosternon integrum ), or Guanajuato mud turtle , is a species of mud turtle in the Kinosternidae family. Endemic to Mexico, it is found in Aguascalientes, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas.
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 John Eatton Le Conte in 1854 (172 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Mexican Mud Turtle
- scientific name
- Kinosternon integrum
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Kinosternidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,239
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1854 by John Eatton Le Conte
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Kinosternidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39730, Wikidata Q2009022, GBIF 2442447, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.