Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale Iverson, 1981

[= Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale Iverson, 1981]

Iverson, 1981, Tulane Stud. Zool. Bot. 23(1):43, fig. 27.

Holotype: USNM 21710 (alcoholic young adult male, CL 93 mm), collected by Dr. Edgar A. Mearns during the U.S. Mexican Boundary Survey, 15 Jan 1894.

Type Locality: “Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico (31°51′N, 112°50′W).”

Paratypes: USNM 21708 (alcoholic adult female, CL 111 mm), from the Sonoyta River, 3 miles from Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico, collected by B. A. Wood, 22 Jan 1894; USNM 21709 (alcoholic adult male, CL 109 mm), locality and collection data as for the holotype; and USNM 21711 (alcoholic adult female, CL 110 mm), locality, and collection data as for the holotype.

Other Type Material: Paratypes: UAZ 27987, 27996; and UF 47719–20.

Etymology: The subspecific name longifemorale is from the Latin longus, long, and femoralis, of the femur (here, the femoral scute of the plastron), referring to the long interfemoral seam of the taxon.

Remarks: Iverson (1981:43) considered USNM 21709 and USNM 21711 a topotypic male and a topotypic female, respectively.