Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates





Related bibliographies:

Reptiles
Turtles
Claudius
Kinosternon
Staurotypus
Sternotherus

Central America
North America
South America









































































































































































































































































































































Taxonomy of the family Kinosternidae Biodiversity of the family Kinosternidae

Bibliography of the family
Kinosternidae
(American Mud and Musk Turtles)

(Reptilia: Testudines)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Berlant, Z.S.; Stayton, T.C. 2017. Shell morphology in the Kinosternidae: functional and evolutionary patterns. Herpetologica 73(1): 30–42.

Bourque, J.R. 2011. Natural history notes: Kinosternidae (Mud and Musk Turtles). Grooming behavior. Herpetological Review 42(2): 232-234.

Bramble, D.M.; Hutchison, J.H.; Legler, J.M. 1984. Kinosternid shell kinesis: structure, function and evolution. Copeia 1984(2): 456-475.

Buhlmann, K.A.; Gibbons, J.W. 2001. Terrestrial habitat use by aquatic turtles from a seasonally fluctuating wetland: Implications for wetland conservation boundaries. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(1): 115-127.

Ceballos, C.P.; Iverson, J.B. 2014. Patterns of sexual size dimorphism in Chelonia: revisiting Kinosternidae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 111(4): 806-809.

Coote, J. 1978. Feeding behaviour of kinosternid turtles. Herptile 3(2): 21-22.

Cordero, G.A.; Swarth, C.W. 2010. Notes on the movement and aquatic behavior of some kinosternid turtles. Acta Zoologica Mexicana Nueva Serie 26(1): 233-235.

Dathe, F. 1998. Die Haltung von Schlammschildkröten, Kinosternidae, im Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde von 1956 bis 1998. Milu 9(5): 526-532.

Frair, W. 1972. Taxonomic relations among chelydrid and kinosternid turtles elucidated by serological tests. Copeia 1972(1): 97-108.

Hennig, A.S. 2017. Ernährung von Schlammschildkröten in der Natur. Marginata 54: ?

Hill, S.K.; Vodopich, D.S. 2013. Habitat use and basking behavior of a freshwater turtle community along an urban gradient. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(2): 275-282.

Hutchison, J.H.; Bramble, D.M. 1981. Homology of the plastral scales of the Kinosternidae and related turtles. Herpetologica 37(1): 73-85.

Iverson, J.B. 1988. Neural bone patterns and the phylogeny of the turtles of the subfamily Kinosterninae. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 75: 1-12.

Iverson, J.B. 1991. Phylogenetic hypotheses for the evolution of modern kinosternine turtles. Herpetological Monographs 5: 1-27.

Iverson, J.B. 1998. Molecules, morphology, and mud turtle phylogenetics (family Kinosternidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(1): 113-117.

Iverson, J.B.; Iverson, S.A. 1980. A bibliography to the mud and musk turtle family Kinosternidae. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 48: 1-73.

Iverson, J.B.; Le, M.; Ingram, C. 2013. Molecular phylogenetics of the mud and musk turtle family Kinosternidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 929-939.

Liu, Y.X.; Davy, C.M.; Shi, H.T.; Murphy, R.W. 2013. Sex in the half-shell: a review of the functions and evolution of courtship behavior in freshwater turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(1): 84-100.

Mahmoud, I.Y. 1967. Courtship behaviour and sexual maturity in four species of kinosternid turtles. Copeia 1967: 314-319.

Mahmoud, I.Y. 1968. Feeding behaviour in kinosternid turtles. Herpetologica 24: 300-305.

McCord, W.P.; Joseph-Ouni, M. 2002. Chelonian illustrations. 5. Musks, snappers, and a river turtle from the Americas. Reptilia (GB) 25: 54-57.

Pritchard, P.C.H. 2003. Akinesis and plastral scute homologies in Sternotherus (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3): 671-674.

Rudloff, H.W. 1986. Schlammschildkröten - Terrarientiere der Zukunft. Aquarien Terrarien 33(4): 133-134.

Rudloff, H.W. 1986. Schlammschildkröten - Terrarientiere der Zukunft. Aquarien Terrarien 33(5): 166-169.

Sachsse, W. 2000. Zur Schildkrötenfamilie Kinosternidae - ein erfahrungsbericht. pp. 74-78. In: Artner, H.; Meier, E. (eds.). Schildkröten. Grosses Schildkrötensymposium. 5. Jahrestagung der Schildkrötenfreunde Österreich. Salzburg, 16. bis 19. Jänner 1997. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Münster. 181 pp.

Schilde, M. 2001. Schlammschildkroten: Kinosternon, Sternotherus, Claudius und Staurotypus. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Münster. 133 pp.

Seidel, M.E.; Iverson, J.B.; Adkins, M.D. 1986. Biochemical comparisons and phylogenetic relationships in the family Kinosternidae (Testudines). Copeia 1986(2): 285-294.

Siebenrock, F. 1907. Die Schildkröten-Familie Cinosternidae. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 116(1): 527-599.