Loggerhead musk turtle

Loggerhead musk turtle
	hatchling loggerhead musk turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Kinosternidae
Genus:	Sternotherus
Species:	S. minor
Binomial name
	Sternotherus minor; (Agassiz, 1857)
Synonyms
	Sternotherus minor minor Goniochelys minor — Agassiz, 1857; Aromochelys minor — Strauch, 1862; Sternotherus minor — Stejneger, 1923; Sternotherus carinatus minor — Carr, 1952; Sternotherus minor minor — Tinkle & Webb, 1955; Sternothaerus minor minor — Tinkle, 1958; Sternotheraerus minor minor — Wharton & Howard, 1971; Kinosternon minor — Iverson, Ernst, Gotte & Lovich, 1989; Kinosternon minor minor — Ernst & Barbour, 1989; Sternotherus minor peltifer Sternotherus peltifer — Smith & Glass, 1947; Sternotherus carinatus peltifer — Carr, 1952; Sternotherus minor peltifer — Tinkle & Webb, 1955; Sternothaerus minor peltifer — Tinkle, 1958; Kinosternon minor peltifer — Ernst & Barbour, 1989;

The loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor) is a species of turtle native to the United States.

Geographic distribution

The loggerhead musk turtle can be found in the states of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee.

Description

It gets its name from its unusually large head, compared to the common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus). Adults can be 8–13 cm (3-5 inches) in carapace length. Barbels are present on the chin only, not on the throat.^[2]

Habitat

They live in clean freshwater habitats.

Subspecies

Sternotherus minor minor (Agassiz, 1857)
Sternotherus minor peltifer (Smith & Glass, 1947)

References

^ Fritz Uwe (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 262–263. ISSN 18640-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ Conant, Roger. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston.

McCoy, C.J., A.V. Bianculli and R.C. Vogt. 1978. Sternotherus minor in the Pascagoula River system, Mississippi. Herpetological Review. 9(3):109.
Ernst, C. H.; Lovich, J.E. (2009). Turtles of the United States and Canada (2 ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University. pp. 519–525. ISBN 978-0-8018-9121-2.

External links

Media related to Sternotherus minor at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Sternotherus minor at Wikispecies

[Fritz_2007-1] Fritz Uwe (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 262–263. ISSN 18640-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[2] Conant, Roger. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston.

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