Creaser's mud turtle (Kinosternon creaseri) is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula in southeastern Mexico.
The specific name, creaseri, is in honor of American zoologist Edwin Phillip Creaser (1907–1981).
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TerrestrialTerrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cats, ants, snails), as compared with aquatic animals, which liv...
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
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starts withK. creaseri aestivates most of the year, and is only active during the rainy season, which occurs in June through October.
K. creaseri is oviparous. Clutch size is one or two eggs, and each female lays more than one clutch per year. Sex of the hatchlings is determined by temperature.
