Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense - Sonoran Mud Turtle

Adult, Pima County, Arizona

Adult, Pima County, Arizona

Juvenile, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Juvenile, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Adult, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, © Dick Bartlett

Adult, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
© 2004 William Flaxington

Habitat, rocky creek, Mt. Lemmon, Pima County, Arizona

Habitat, small creek, Santa Cruz
County, Arizona

Cattle pond habitat, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Habitat, dry creek, Pima County, Arizona

A Sonoran Mud Turtle, found wandering overland next to a dry creek in the mountains outside of Tucson Arizona, slowly pokes its head out of its shell and looks around for several minutes before quickly returning back into the shell. It never did come out, and was left to crawl back to wherever it was going.