musk turtle
Sternotherus odoratus latin

Musk turtles may lay their eggs under logs near wetlands.

A new musk turtle from the southeastern United States.

Musk turtle is the common name given to three genera of aquatic turtles:

Alice and Igor are recently acquired musk turtles.

Staurotypus, variously called Mexican, three-keeled or giant musk turtles, and.

Narrow-bridged musk turtles are typically brown in coloration.

They are very similar to the musk turtles, but generally smaller in size, and their carapace is not as highly domed.

All musk turtles are carnivorous, consuming various aquatic invertebrates, fish, and carrion.

It gets its name from its unusually large head, compared to the common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus).

Mud turtles are known for their dull shell colors and relation to the smelly musk turtles.

The razor-backed musk turtle is frequently kept in captivity, and is regularly captive bred.

Sternotherus, the musk turtles proper,

Claudius, the narrow-bridged musk turtle.

But some, like the common musk turtle, are known to bask on fallen trees and coarse woody debris on shorelines.

Sternotherus minor - loggerhead musk turtle

Sternotherus odoratus - common musk turtle or stinkpot

Beavers, muskrats, painted and musk turtles, and several types of frogs may be observed along the canal.

Alternative name for the Common Musk Turtle

This technically excludes all musk turtles.)

The Kinosternidae are a family of mostly small turtles that includes the mud turtles and musk turtles.

Like other musk turtle species, they are carnivorous, eating various types of aquatic invertebrates, as well as fish and carrion.

Sternotherus carinatus - razorback musk turtle

Sternotherus depressus - flattened musk turtle

Common Musk Turtle

The flattened musk turtle, Sternotherus depressus, is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family.

It gets its name from its unusually large head, compared to the common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus).

Sternotherus odoratus - common musk turtle or stinkpot

Sternotherus odoratus in Connecticut

Sternotherus odoratus typically grows to only 8-14 cm (3-5 inches) in carapace length at full maturity, with females often being larger than males.

Sternotherus odoratus is a species of small turtle native to southeastern Canada and much of the Eastern United States.

Common musk turtle or Stinkpot, Sternotherus odoratus (Sonnini & Latreille, 1801)

In 1825, John Edward Gray created the genus Sternotherus to include species of musk turtle and it became Sternotherus odoratus.

The most common species of Sternotherus in most of North America is Sternotherus odoratus, the common musk turtle or stinkpot; that entry has more information on the ecology of this group of turtles.