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Loggerhead Musk Turtle

Sternotherus minor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 42, February 46, March 43, April 63, May 51, June 31, July 26, August 25, September 34, October 38, November 29, December 36.
United States2,396
Georgia464
Alabama448
Tennessee85
South Carolina24
Mississippi22
Louisiana15
Kentucky14
Virginia14
North Carolina13

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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