#sternotherus

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Loggerhead Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor), adult hiding and 2 hatchlings, family Kinosternidae, Panhandle of FL, USA

photograph by Seth Patterson

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Stripe-necked Musk Turtles (Sternotherus peltifer), family Kinosternidae, AL, USA

Some herpetologists consider this to be a subspecies of the Loggerhead Musk Turtle, S. minor peltifer.

photograph by NKFherping

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Intermediate Musk Turtle (Sternotherus intermedius), family Kinosternidae, Panhandle of FL, USA

Once thought, incorrectly, to be a hybrid between 2 subspecies of Loggerhead Musk Turtle, they were elevated to species status in 2017, due to genetic data.

aka Aliflora Musk Turtle.

Endemic to the Choctawhatchee River and Conecuh River basins of the panhandle of FL and southern AL and MS.

photograph by Seth Patterson

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Common Musk Turtle aka Stinkpot Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus), family Kinosternidae, GA, USA

The name comes from a nasty smelling musk, which musk turtles can expel out of their back end.

photograph by UGA Coastal Ecology Lab

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Flattened Musk Turtle (Sternotherus depressus), family Kinosternidae, only found in the upper Black Warrior River system, Alabama, USA

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

photograph by John P. Friel

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Flattened Musk Turtle (Sternotherus depressus), family Kinosternidae, only found in the upper Black Warrior River system, Alabama, USA

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

photograph by José Garrido

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Loggerhead Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor), juvenile, family Kinosternidae, found in the SE United States

photograph by Sara Viernum

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Razor-backed Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus), hathcling, family Kinosternidae, found in the southeastern U.S.

photograph by Tara Biron