Title
Kinosternon hirtipes (Rough-footed Mud Turtle). Nesting Behavior and Nest Sites
Author(s)
Smith, Jennifer L.;Platt, Steven G.;Martin Jr., Russell L.;Boeing, Wiebke J.
Published
2018
Publisher
Herpetological Review
Abstract
Kinosternon hirtipes occurs from the Big Bend Region of Texas, USA,
southwards into northern and central Mexico through the Sierra Madre Occidental to
the Valley of Mexico (Ernst and Lovich 2009. Turtles of the United
States and Canada. 2nd Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press,
Baltimore, Maryland. 827 pp.). In Texas, K. hirtipes is restricted
to Presidio County (Scudday and Miller 1986. The status of the
Chihuahuan mud turtle, Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi. Report
to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. 43 pp.), is
thought to be declining (IUCN Red List. Available from: www.
iucnredlist.org), and is classified as Threatened, and a Species
of Greatest Conservation Need, by the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 2013. Species
of Conservation Concern. Available from: www.tpwd.state.tx.us).
Populations of K. hirtipes in Texas are threatened due to a combination
of limited distribution, desertification, and continuing
habitat degradation and fragmentation resulting from anthropogenic
climate change (Smith 2015. Habits and habitats of the
Rough-footed Mud Turtle, Kinosternon hirtipes, and outlook for
its survival. Ph.D. dissertation, New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, New Mexico. 166 pp.; Butler et al. 2016. Ecol. Evol.
6:7690–7705).
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