Dunn's mud turtle

Dunn's mud turtle (Kinosternon dunni), also known commonly as the Colombian mud turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae.

Etymology The epithet or specific name, dunni, honors Emmett Reid Dunn, an American herpetologist.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Kinosternon dunni, p. 77).

Geographic range K. dunni is endemic to Colombia.

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of K. dunni is freshwater swamps and slow rivers.

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Further reading

Schmidt KP (1947). "A New Kinosternid Turtle from Colombia". Fieldiana Zoology 31 (13): 109–112. (Kinosternon dunni, new species).