White-lipped mud turtle – (HERP-turtle) See facts

Name of animal-plant: White-lipped mud turtle

Species name: Kinosternon leucostemun

Animal type: HERP

Subcategory: turtle

 

Fact:

All animals and plants are given a species name based on a technical term in biological taxnomy. The species name consists of two words and is based on Latin.

Latin-species-two-word-chart

The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs and  the second part identifies the species within the genus. In this animals case it is: Kinosternon leucostemun