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Stripe-necked Musk Turtle

Sternotherus peltifer

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 36, February 39, March 41, April 72, May 56, June 55, July 36, August 26, September 35, October 37, November 30, December 30.
United States899
Alabama463
Georgia171
Tennessee116
North Carolina54
Mississippi47
Louisiana32
Virginia11
Kentucky10

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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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