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Eastern Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum (Bonnaterre, 1789)

Current SSAR Comments:
(Lacépède, 1788) was listed as the authority in previous editions of this list. That work was suppressed for nomenclatural purposes by ICZN (2005, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 62: 55) as published in a rejected and invalid non-binomial work and replaced with (Bonnaterre, 1789). Rhodin et al. (2021, Chelonian Research Monographs (8): 1–472 [382]) agreed.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Pensylvanian Tortoise (Testudo pensylvanica: Shaw, George. 1802. General zoology or systematic natural history. Volume 3. G. Kearsley, London, U. K.. 615pp.); Pennsylvanian Kinosternon (Emys pennsylvanica: Gray, John E. 1830. A synopsis of the species of the class reptilia. Pages 1-110 in The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier, member of teh Institute of France, with Additional Descriptions of all the Species Hitherto Named, and of many not before noticed. Ninth Volume. Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, London, England. pp.); Mud Tortoise (Kinosternon pennsylvanicum: De Kay, James E. 1842. Zoology of New-York, or, The New-York Fauna: Comprising Detailed Descriptions of All the Animals Hitherto Observed within the State of New-York, with Brief Notices of those Occasionally Found Near its Borders, and Accompanied by Appropriate Illustrations. Volume 1, Part 3 (Reptiles and Amphibians). W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany, New York. pp.); Doubleday's Swanka (Kinosternon doubledayii: Gray, John E. 1856. Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). Taylor and Francis, London, England. 79pp.); Eyebrowed Swanka (Kinosternon hippocrepis: Gray, John E. 1856. Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). Taylor and Francis, London, England. 79pp.); Mud Tortoise (Kinosternon pennsylvanicum: Gray, John E. 1856. Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). Taylor and Francis, London, England. 79pp.); Dotted Swanka (Kinosternon punctatum: Gray, John E. 1856. Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). Taylor and Francis, London, England. 79pp.); Small Mud Turtle (Cinosternum pennsylvanicum: Jordan, David Starr. 1876. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi River, and North of North Carolina and Tennessee, Exclusive of Marine Species. Jansen, McClurg, and Company, Chicago, Illinois.. 342pp.); Mud Turtle (Cinosternum pennsylvanicum pennsylvanicum: Yarrow, Henry C. 1876. List of Skeletons and Crania in the Section of Comparative Anatomy of the United States Army Medical Museum for use during the International Exhibition of 1876 in Connection with the Representation of the Medical Department U.S. Army. Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. C. pp.); Small Mud Turtle (Cinosternum pennsylvanicum: Jordan, David S. 1878. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi River, and North of North Carolina and Tennessee, Exclusive of Marine Species. Second Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. Jansen, McClurg & Company, Chicago. pp.); California Mud Turtle (Cinosternum pennsylvanicum doubledayi: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Eastern Mud Turtle (Cinosternum pennsylvanicum pennsylvanicum: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Mud Turtle (Cinosternum pennsylvanicum: Davis, N. S. Jr. and Frank L. Rice. 1883. Descriptive catalogue of North American batrachia and reptilia, found east of Mississippi River. Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 1(5):71); Mud Tortoise (Cinosternum pennsylvanicum: Garman, H. 1892. A synopsis of the reptiles and amphibians of Illinois. Illinois Laboratory of Natural History Bulletin 3():215-403); Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon pennsylvanicum: Hay, Oliver P. 1892. Batrachians and Reptiles of the State of Indiana. Pages 409-624 in 17th Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, William B. Burford, Printer and Binder, Indianapolis, Indiana. pp.); Mud Turtle (Kinosternon pensylvanicum: Rhoads, Samuel N. 1895. Contributions to the zoology of Tennessee. No. 1, Reptiles and amphibians. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 47():376-407); Mudbox (Kinosternum louisianae: Beyer, George. 1900. Louisana herpetology. Proceedings of the Louisiana Society of Naturalists 1897-1899():24-46); Musk Turtle (Kinosternon pensylvanicum: Fowler, Henry W. 1907. The amphibians and reptiles of New Jersey. MacCrellish and Quigley, Trenton, N. J.. 29-250pp.); Mud Digger (Kinosternon pensylvanicum: Fowler, Henry W. 1907. The amphibians and reptiles of New Jersey. MacCrellish and Quigley, Trenton, N. J.. 29-250pp.); Louisiana Mud Turtle (Kinosternon louisianae: Hurter, Julius. 1911. Herpetology of Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science St. Louis 20(5):59-274); Mud Turtle (Cinosternum pennsylvanicum: Brimley, Clement S. 1915. List of reptiles and amphibians of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 30(4):195-206); Common Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Mississippi Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Common Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

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Pertinent LIterature:
1788 Lacepede, Bernard G. de. Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpens. Tome premier. [Natural history of oviparous quadrupeds and serpents. First volume.] , Hotel de Thou, Rue des Poitevins, Paris, France. 462pp.
1789 Bonnaterre, Pierre J. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Erpétologie. [Encyclopedic and methodical table of the three kingdoms of nature. Herpetology.] Chez Panckoucke, Hotel de Thou, rue des Poitevins. 71pp.
2005 ICZN Opinion 2104 (Case 3226). Lacepede, B. G. E. de la V., 1788, Histoire Naturelle de Quadrupedes Ovipares: Rejected as a non-binomial work. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 62(1):55
2021 Rhodin, Anders G. J., John B. Iverson, Roger Bour, Uwe Fritz, Arthur Georges, H. Bradley Shaffer, and Peter Paul van Dijk. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: First checklist and review of extinct pleistocene and holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs (8):1-472

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