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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Reptiles
  5. Turtles and Tortoises
  6. American Mud and Musk Turtles
  7. Kinosternine Turtles
  8. Musk Turtles

genus

Musk Turtles

Sternotherus

Includes
5 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Eastern Musk Turtle native
  • Razor-backed Musk Turtle native
  • Stripe-necked Musk Turtle native
  • Loggerhead Musk Turtle native
  • Intermediate Musk Turtle native
  • Flattened Musk Turtle native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native musk turtles All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Eastern Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus 15,099 observations
  • Razor-backed Musk Turtle Sternotherus carinatus 1,251 observations
  • Stripe-necked Musk Turtle Sternotherus peltifer 832 observations
  • Loggerhead Musk Turtle Sternotherus minor 784 observations
  • Intermediate Musk Turtle Sternotherus intermedius 337 observations
  • Flattened Musk Turtle Sternotherus depressus 18 observations

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