A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed
Author
Mccranie, James R.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3931
3
352
386
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3931.3.2
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FAMILY
KINOSTERNIDAE Agassiz 1857
, 249
(2 genera, 3 species)
Kinosternon
Spix 1824
, 17 (2 species)
Kinosternon albogulare
(Bocourt
1870, 24
in
A.H.A. Duméril
et al.
1870–1909
). Recent phylogenetic studies in
Iverson
et al
. (2013)
and
Spinks
et al.
(2014)
recovered a paraphyletic
K. scorpioides
Linnaeus
(1766 [p. 352]), so I use a name that is usually placed as a subspecies of
K. scorpioides
for
Honduran
populations in anticipation of future studies. This subject is discussed in more detail in McCranie (in prep.; non-dactyloid lizards, crocodyles, turtles), who also has genetic data demonstrating the paraphyletic nature of
K. scorpioides
.
Kinosternon leucostomum
(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron
1851, 17
in
A.M.C. Duméril & Duméril 1851)
Staurotypus
Wagler 1830
, 137 (1 species). See
Iverson
et al
. (2013)
and
Spinks
et al
. (2014)
for opinions on whether or not to consider the Family
Staurotypidae Gray
(1869 [p. 180]) as valid for turtles of the genera
Claudius
Cope
(1866 [p. 187]) and
Staurotypus
.
Staurotypus triporcatus
(Wiegmann 1828, col. 364)