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Kinosternon scorpioides scorpioides  (Linnaeus, 1766)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 949776

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Kinosternon brevicaudatum Spix, 1824
  
    Kinosternon shavianum Bell, 1825
  
    Monoclida retziana Rafinesque, 1832
  
    Testudo scorpioides Linnaeus, 1766
  
    Testudo tricarinata Retzius in Schoepff, 1792
  
    Testudo retzii Daudin, 1801
  
    Kinosternon longicaudatum Spix, 1824
  
    Kinosternon panamensis Schmidt, 1946
  
    Kinosternon scorpioides pachyurum Müller and Hellmich, 1936
  
    Kinosternon scorpioides seriei Freiberg, 1936
  
    Kinosternon scorpioides carajasensis Cunha, 1970
  
  Common Name(s): Scorpion Mud Turtle [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1868  
                               SuperfamilyKinosternoidea Agassiz, 1857  
                                  FamilyKinosternidae Agassiz, 1857 – Musk Turtles, Mud Turtles  
                                     SubfamilyKinosterninae Agassiz, 1857  
                                        GenusKinosternon Spix, 1824 – mud turtles, American Mud Turtles, American musk turtles  
                                           SpeciesKinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766) – Tortuga-pecho quebrado escorpión, Scorpion Mud Turtle  
                                              SubspeciesKinosternon scorpioides scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766) – Scorpion Mud Turtle  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour]   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7   
  Page(s): 329-479   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Kinosternon scorpioides scorpioides, Scorpion Mud Turtle [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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