Reptiles & amphibians · La Saladita, Guerrero

Mexican Mud Turtle

Kinosternon integrum

Spanish: Tortuga de lodo mexicana

Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum)
Photographed by mora17918 on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Mexican mud turtle (Kinosternon integrum), or Guanajuato mud turtle, is a species of mud turtle in the Kinosternidae family. Endemic to Mexico, it is found in Aguascalientes, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas.

TaxonomyReptilia › Testudines › Kinosternidae
Local records14 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records4,048 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2025 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Mexican Mud Turtle (Kinosternon integrum) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/kinosternon-integrum/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.