Mud turtle

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Mud turtle is the common name given to two genera of aquatic turtles: Kinosternon, mud turtles found in North and South America, and Pelusios, mud turtles found in Africa. They are very different and are not closely related. Their only similarities are in their choice of habitat, both preferring shallow, slow moving bodies of water with muddy bottoms, and having a dome shaped carapace (upper shell).

Image:African_mud.jpg|African Mud Turtle, Pelusios subniger Image:Kinosternon_subrubrum.jpg|Mississippi Mud Turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis Image:Kinosternon_flavescens.jpg|Yellow Mud Turtle, Kinosternon flavescens

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