Yellow mud turtle
Kinosternon flavescens

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Head and neck: Head is moderate to large; light grey to pale yellow; snout slightly protruding; upper jaw hooked; two pairs of barbels on chin.

Body
Carapace - Yellowish brown to greenish grey; smooth, unserrated marginals; depressed; no keels; first vertebral scute flares anteriorly and in contact with the second marginal; seams black


Plastron - two well-developed hinges; pale yellow to brown; seams black.


Limbs and tail: Limbs light grey to pale yellow; tail is short and terminates with a spine.

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