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{{Short description|Species of turtle}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Kinosternon baurii 349332056 (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = Climbing a tree, Florida
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>[[Peter Paul van Dijk|van Dijk PP]] (2011). "''Kinosternon baurii'' (errata version published in 2016)". The [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T163429A97379931. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T163429A5605837.en. Downloade on 15 June 2021.</ref>
| genus = Kinosternon
| species = baurii
| authority = ([[Samuel Garman|Garman]], 1891)<ref name="Rhodin96">{{Harnvb|Rhodin|2010|p=000.96}}</ref>
| synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true|title=List
|''Cinosternum baurii'' {{small|Garman, 1891}}
|''Kinosternon baurii'' {{small|— [[Einar Lönnberg|Lönnberg]], 1894}}
|''Kinosternon bauri palmarum'' {{small|[[Leonhard Stejneger|Stejneger]], 1925}}
|''Kinosternon bauri bauri'' {{small|— [[Robert Mertens|Mertens]], [[Lorenz Müller|L. Müller]] & Rust, 1934}}
|''Kinosternon baurii baurii'' {{small|— Stejneger & [[Thomas Barbour|Barbour]], 1939}}
|''Kinosternon baurii palmarum'' {{small|— Stejneger & Barbour, 1939}}
}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="Fritz 2007">{{Cite journal|journal=Vertebrate Zoology|title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World|date=2007|author=Fritz, Uwe|author2=Havaš, Peter|volume=57|issue=2|pages=251|doi=10.3897/vz.57.e30895 |s2cid=87809001 |issn=1864-5755|doi-access=free }}</ref>
}}

The '''striped mud turtle''' ('''''Kinosternon baurii''''') is a [[species]] of [[turtle]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Kinosternidae]]. The species is native to the southeastern [[United States]].

==Etymology==
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''baurii'', is in honor of [[herpetologist]] [[Georg Baur]].<ref>{{EMBL species|genus=Kinosternon|species=baurii}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref><ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Kinosternon baurii'', p. 19).</ref>

==Geographic range==
The striped mud turtle is found in [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Maryland]], and [[Virginia]].<ref name="Rhodin96"/>

==Description==
''K. baurii'' has three light-colored stripes along the length of the smooth [[carapace]]. It can grow to a straight carapace length of 8–12 cm (3-4¾ inches).<gallery mode="packed" heights="110">
File:Kinosternon baurii 350774539.jpg|Carapace, Florida
File:Kinosternon baurii 352995030 (cropped).jpg|Carapace, Florida
File:Kinosternon baurii 342233173 (cropped).jpg|Carapace, Florida
File:Kinosternon baurii 387649212 (cropped).jpg|Plastron, North Carolina
File:Kinosternon baurii 348291078 (cropped).jpg|Plastron, Florida
</gallery>

==Habitat and behavior==
''K. baurii'' is a common species found in freshwater habitats. It wanders about on land more than any other of the mud turtles and can sometimes be observed foraging for food in cow dung.

==Diet==
The striped mud turtle is [[omnivorous]]. It eats [[insect]]s, [[snail]]s, [[fish]], [[carrion]], [[algae]], and [[plant]]s. The striped mud turtle also eats dried up krill.[[File:Striped mud turtle (Kinosternon baurii) (cropped).jpg|thumb|In captivity]]
==Captivity==
As a pet ''K. baurii'' is easy to care for, readily eating commercial turtle foods, feeder fish, and worms. Kept communally, they may exhibit aggressive behavior towards each other, most likely males are more inclined to fight than females.

==Reproduction==
Adult females of ''K. baurii'' nest from September to June. The eggs, which are slightly over 2.5 cm (1 in) long, hatch 13 to 19 weeks later. The hatchlings are about 2.5 cm (1 inch) in straight carapace length and, unlike the adult turtles, have keeled carapaces.<gallery mode="packed" heights="190">
File:Kinosternon baurii 329750206.jpg|Hatchling carapace, Florida
File:Kinosternon baurii 329750171.jpg
File:Kinosternon baurii 353856949.jpg|Hatchling plastron, Florida
File:Kinosternon baurii 353856957.jpg
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

;Bibliography
*{{Anchor|CITEREFRhodin2010}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf|title=Turtles of the world, 2010 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status|journal=Chelonian Research Monographs|volume=5|date=2010-12-14|author1=Rhodin, Anders G.J.|author2=van Dijk, Peter Paul|author3=Iverson, John B.|author4=Shaffer, H. Bradley|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125632/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-17|url-status=dead}}

==Further reading==
*[[John L. Behler|Behler, John L.]]; King, F. Wayne (1979). ''The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 743 pp. {{ISBN|0-394-50824-6}}. (''Kinosternon bauri'', pp. 438–439 + Plate 317).
*[[Samuel Garman|Garman S]] (1891). "On a Tortoise found in Florida and Cuba, ''Cinosternum Baurii'' ". ''Bulletin of the Essex Institute'' '''23''': 141–144. (''Cinosternum baurii'', new species).
*[[Robert Powell (herpetologist)|Powell R]], [[Roger Conant (herpetologist)|Conant R]], [[Joseph T. Collins|Collins JT]] (2016). ''Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition''. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-544-12997-9}}. (''Kinosternon baurii'', pp. 223–224 + Plate 19).
*[[Hobart Muir Smith|Smith, Hobart M]]; Brodie, Edmund D. Jr. (1982). ''Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification''. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. {{ISBN|0-307-13666-3}} (paperback); {{ISBN|0-307-47009-1}} (hardcover). (''Kinosternon bauri'', pp. 24–25).

{{Kinosternidae}}

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[[Category:Kinosternon]]
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of the United States]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1891]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Samuel Garman]]

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