Stripeneck musk turtle
Appearance
Stripeneck musk turtle | |
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In Alabama | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Kinosternidae |
Genus: | Sternotherus |
Species: | S. peltifer
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Binomial name | |
Sternotherus peltifer (H.M. Smith & Glass, 1947)
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The stripeneck musk turtle (Sternotherus peltifer) is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae from the southeastern United States.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina.[1]
Gallery
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Juvenile carapace, Georgia
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Juvenile plastron, Georgia
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Adult carapace, Alabama
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Adult plastron, Alabama
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Underwater, Alabama
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sternotherus peltifer". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-09-29.