---
title: "Red-cheeked Mud Turtle"
description: "Kinosternon cruentatum — Rettili. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-cheeked-mud-turtle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-cheeked Mud Turtle

> Kinosternon cruentatum — Rettili. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Kinosternon cruentatum*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 742
- Wikidata: [Q4994007](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4994007)
- iNaturalist taxon: [318102](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/318102)

## Names

- en: Red-cheeked Mud Turtle
- de: Rotwangen-Klappschildkröte
- es: Tortuga candado

## Countries with the most observations

MX (563), BZ (60), GT (10)

## Photo

![Red-cheeked Mud Turtle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-cheeked-mud-turtle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jim · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234517339

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-cheeked-mud-turtle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).