#1753 · 🦎 reptiles
Eastern Mud Turtle
🇳🇱 Oostelijke modderschildpad ·Kinosternon subrubrum
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Andrew Hoffman · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Isaac Lord · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Patrick Coin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Grover J. Brown · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Dave Spier · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. © Amber Miller · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Grover J. Brown · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © David · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The eastern mud turtle ( Kinosternon subrubrum ) or common mud turtle is a common species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to the United States. There are two recognized subspecies.
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.
- 6,140 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1788 (238 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Mud Turtle
- Nederlands
- Oostelijke modderschildpad
- scientific name
- Kinosternon subrubrum
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Kinosternidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,140
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1788 by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Kinosternidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39713, Wikidata Q1232370, GBIF 2442420, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.