Kinosternon acutum

Barragán-Vázquez, Rosario, Ríos-Rodas, Liliana, Fucsko, Lydia Allison, Porras, Louis W., Mata-Silva, Vicente, Rocha, Arturo, DeSantis, Dominic L., García-Padilla, Elí, Johnson, Jerry D. & Wilson, Larry David, 2022, The herpetofauna of Tabasco, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 315) 16 (2), pp. 1-61 : 46

Kinosternon acutum

Claudius angustatus

Staurotypus triporcatus

Only two of these 15 species are country endemics (*), but the EVS values for all 15 species range from 14 to 19.

In each of the three physiographic regions we recognize in Tabasco, the largest distributional group, as expected, is comprised of the non-endemic species. Similarly, the high vulnerability species in each region are non-endemic species. As a result, unlike the many states surveyed thus far in the MCS, the group of principal conservation concern in Tabasco is the non-endemic segment. Consequently, this group of species is examined more closely below in an effort to protect the herpetofauna of Tabasco.