Abstract

LOPEZ-LUNA, Marco Antonio; ESCOΒEDO-GALVAN, Armando H.  and  CUPUL-MAGANA, Fabio G.. Extension of geographic range and maximun size of Kinosternon chimalhuaca (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2020, vol.25, n.3, pp.431-433.  Epub Dec 15, 2020. ISSN 0120-548X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v25n3.80107.

Kinosternon chimalhuaca (Jalisco Mud Turtle) is a kinosternid turtle endemic to Mexico. The previously recorded maximun carapace length (CL) is 160 mm in males and 130 mm in females. It has a small distribution range along the Pacific coast of Jalisco and Colima, Mexico, from the rio Tuito in Jalisco to the rio Cihuatlán in northwestern Colima. This new record in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, extends its distribution at least 32 km north from the northernmost known locality. A new maximun size (CL) for the species of 172.00 mm (one male) is recorded.

Keywords : biogeography; biometry; distribution; Jalisco Mud Turtle; Mexico.

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