Rough-footed mud turtle
The rough-footed mud turtle is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.K. hirtipes is found in the United States in Texas, and it is also found in Mexico in the Mexican states: Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Mexico DF, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, and Zacatecas.Subspecies
Five subspecies of Kinosternon hirtipes are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Valley of Mexico mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes hirtipes
- Lake Chapala mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes chapalaense
- San Juanico mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes magdalense
- Viesca mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes megacephalum
- Mexican Plateau mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi
- Patzcuarco mud turtle – Kinosternon hirtipes tarascense
Etymology
The subspecific name, murrayi, is in honor of American zoologist Leo Tildon Murray.
