White-lipped mud turtle

White-lipped mud turtle
	In Costa Rica
	1852 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Kinosternidae
Genus:	Kinosternon
Species:	K. leucostomum
Binomial name
	Kinosternon leucostomum; (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1851)
Synonyms
	Kinosternon leucostomum leucostomum Cinosternon leucostomum ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1851 ; Kinosternum leucostomum ; — LeConte, 1854 ; Kinosternon leucostomum ; — Gray, 1856 ; Cinosternum leucostomum ; — Agassiz, 1857 ; Thyrosternum leucostomum ; — Agassiz, 1857 ; Swanka maculata ; Gray, 1869 ; Swanka leucostoma ; — Gray, 1870 ; Cinosternum brevigulare ; Günter, 1885 ; Cinosternum cobanum ; Günter, 1885 ; Cinosternon cobanum ; — Atkinson, 1907 ; Kinsternon leucostomum ; — Stuart, 1934 ; Kinosternon mopanum ; Neill, 1965 ; Kinosternon leucostoma ; — Tryon, 1975 ; Kinosternon leucostomum leucostomum ; — Berry, 1979 ; Kinosternon leucostomum postinguinale Cinosternum brevigulare ; Cope, 1885 ; Cinosternum postinguinale ; Cope, 1887; (nomen novum) ; Cinosternon brevigulare ; — Atkinson, 1907 ; Cinosternum spurrelli ; Boulenger, 1913 ; Kinosternon postinguinale ; — Schmidt, 1946 ; Kinosternon spurelli [sic] ; Schmidt, 1946 ; (ex errore) ; Kinosternon spurrelli ; — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 ; Kinosternon postinguinal [sic] ; Legler, 1965 ; (ex errore) ; Kinosternon leucostomum spurrelli ; — Pritchard, 1979 ; Kinosternon leucostomum postinguinale ; — Berry, 1979 ; Kinosternon leucostomum spurelli ; — Rudloff, 1990 ; Kinosternon leucostomum postinguinde [sic] ; Nöllert, 1992 ; (ex errore) ;

The white-lipped mud turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum) is a species of mud turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to Central America and northwestern South America.