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Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle
Staurotypus salvinii Gray, 1864

Current SSAR 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.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.12.13.09.47.31)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1864 Gray, John E. Description of a new species of Staurotypus (S. salvinii) from Guatemala. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864():127-128
2011 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
2019 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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