Although originally described as a species, K. steindachneri was long considered a
subspecies of the
eastern mud turtle (K. subrubum), but a 2013 analysis found there to be no data supporting this classification, and supported its recognition as its own distinct species.[4]
^Iverson, John B.; Le, Minh; Ingram, Colleen (2013). "Molecular phylogenetics of the mud and musk turtle family Kinosternidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution69 (3): 929–939. (Kinosternon steindachneri, new status).
^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri, p. 252).
Further reading
Carr A (1940). "A Contribution to the Herpetology of Florida". University of Florida Publication, Biological Science Series3 (1): 1–118. (Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri, new status).
Powell R,
Conant R,
Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 color plates, 207 figures.
ISBN978-0-544-12997-9. (Kinosternon steindachneri, pp. 225–226, Figure 102).
Siebenrock F (1906). "Eine neue Cinosternum-Art aus Florida". Zoologischer Anzeiger30: 727–728. (Cinosternum steindachneri, new species). (in German).