Staurotypus salvini Gray 1864 (Chiapas giant musk turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

Alternative combination: Staurotypus salvinii

Belongs to Staurotypus according to J. H. Hutchison 1991

See also van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Staurotypus moschus, Staurotypus triporcatus

Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Staurotypus salvini in the database

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