Summary information for
TURTLE, YELLOW MUD
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Common Name |
TURTLE, YELLOW MUD |
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Scientific Name |
KINOSTERNON FLAVESCENS FLAVESCENS |
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Status |
NONGAME, STATE ENDANGERED, STATE RANK S1, GLOBAL RANK G5T5 |
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Primary Habitat Association |
Grassland(matrix) |
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Preferred Habitat |
Occur in sloughs, marshes, ditches, streams, swamps, ponds, lakes and reservoirs with mud or sand bottom, little or no current, and submerged and floating aquatic vegetation. |
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Distribution |
Formerly occurred in southwest corner of state, now considered extirpated.*02* |
Known to
occur in
these
counties: |
BARRY, CLAY, JACKSON, JASPER, RAY |
