Razor-backed musk turtle

Razor-backed musk turtle
Adult
Young
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Sternotherus
Species:
S. carinatus
Binomial name
Sternotherus carinatus
(Gray, 1856)
Synonyms
List
  • Aromochelys carinata
    Gray, 1856
  • Aromochelys carinatum
    — Gray, 1856
  • Ozotheca triquetra
    Agassiz, 1857
  • Goniochelys triquetra
    — Agassiz, 1857
  • Aromochelys carinatus
    — Cope, 1867
  • Goniochelys carinata
    — Garman, 1884
  • Cinosternum carinatum
    — Boulenger, 1889
  • Kinosternon carinatum
    — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
  • Sternotherus carinatus
    — Stejneger, 1923
  • Sternotherus carinatus carinatus
    — Carr, 1952
  • Sternothaerus carinatus
    — Tinkle, 1958
  • Kinosternon carinatus
    — Welch, 1994

The razor-backed musk turtle (Sternotherus carinatus) is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is native to the southern United States. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.

The musk turtle is also known as the Mississippi musk turtle. It was first found in Alabama in 1994, but was mainly claimed in Mississippi, hence the second name.

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