Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of White-throated Mud Turtle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Kinosternon scorpioides
- Kinosternon cruentatum
- Kinosternon leucostomum
- Kinosternon oaxacae
- Kinosternon acutum
- Kinosternon creaseri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Kinosternidae
- Genus
- Kinosternon
- Species
- Kinosternon albogulare
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