Testudines Kinosternon flavescens Yellow Mud Turtle Search for another Amphibian or Reptile. Search for amphibians and reptiles by Illinois county. Go to the INHS Amphibian and Reptile Collection page. Search the INHS collections data for this species by clicking on the button below. Search the Type Specimen Data for this species by clicking on the button below.
Yellow shade indicates verified sighting.
Slanted hatch indicates pre-1980 records only. Not all specimens upon which these maps are based have been verified. Variously identified as Illinois mud turtle, K . Male averages larger than female, with divided patch of rough scales behind knee and longer, heavier tail tipped with a claw. Young with prominent black dot on posterior part of large carapacial scutes and ninth marginal scute higher than eighth.