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Eastern Musk Turtle

Sternotherus odoratus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 164, February 157, March 178, April 339, May 260, June 170, July 98, August 93, September 111, October 118, November 154, December 149.
United States20,131
Texas1,863
Canada1,837
Ontario1,704
North Carolina1,232
New York1,134
Maryland954
Georgia843
Virginia828
Alabama708

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyAmerican Mud and Musk Turtles · Kinosternidae
GenusMusk Turtles · Sternotherus

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