Flattened musk turtle

Flattened musk turtle
Adult and hatchling
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Sternotherus
Species:
S. depressus
Binomial name
Sternotherus depressus
Tinkle & Webb, 1955
The purple area on the map indicates where the flattened musk turtle is present
Synonyms
List
  • Sternotherus depressus
    Tinkle & Webb, 1955
  • Sternothaerus depressus
    — Tinkle, 1958
  • Sternotherus minor depressus
    — Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
  • Kinosternon depressum
    Iverson, Ernst, Gotte & Lovich, 1989
  • Kinosternon depressus
    — Welch, 1994

The flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus) is a critically endangered species of freshwater turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to north-central and west-central Alabama.