Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle
Staurotypus salvinii
Gray, 1864
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to the Pacific lowlands of southern Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala. It was introduced via the pet trade ca. 2010 and is established in the canal system in Zoo Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida (Smith et al., 2011, Reptiles & Amphibians 18: 55–56; Smith and Krysko, 2019, Staurotypus salvinii. Pages 283–284 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1864
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Gray, John E. Description of a new species of Staurotypus (S. salvinii) from Guatemala. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864:127-128
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1983
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Dean, R. H. and Bickham, J. W. Staurotypus salvini. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (327):1-2
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1985
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Iverson, John B. Staurotypus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (362):1-2
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2011
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Smith, Dustin C., Kenneth L . Krysko, Tracy A. Sorensen, and Maria N. Sider. The Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle, Stauroptypus salvinii Gray 1864 (Kinosternidae), a new non-indigenous species in Florida. IRCF Reptiles and Amphibians. Reptiles & Amphibians 18(1):55-56
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2019
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Krysko, Kenneth L., Kevin M. Enge, and Paul E. Moler (Editor) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 728pp.
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