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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Flattened Musk Turtle
Description
Physical Description
Species Sternotherus depressus
A small freshwater turtle less than 5 inches in total length with a flattened top shell . The top of the shell is brown and the bottom either pink or yellow. The head is greenish with a network of dark markings.
Habitat
Upstream and downstream of impoundments .
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater
Ecology: Semi-aquatic[1]
List of Habitats
:5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
Biology
Diet
The flattened musk turtle feeds on invertebrates such as snails and mussels in undammed small to medium sized clear shallow streams .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Anapsida
()
- Order:
Testudines
()
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
()
- Superfamily:
Trionychoidea
()
- Family:
Kinosternidae
()
- Mud and Musk Turtles
- Subfamily:
Kinosterninae
()
- Genus:
Sternotherus
()
- (Agassiz, 1857)
- Specific name:
depressus
- Tinkle & Webb
- Scientific name: - Sternotherus depressus Tinkle & Webb
- Specific name:
depressus
- Tinkle & Webb
- Genus:
Sternotherus
(
- Subfamily:
Kinosterninae
(
- Family:
Kinosternidae
(
- Superfamily:
Trionychoidea
(
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
(
- Order:
Testudines
(
- Subclass:
Anapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Kinosternon Depressum
- Sternotherus depressus — Conant & Collins 1991: 46
- Sternotherus depressus — Crother 2000
- Sternotherus minor depressus Wermuth & Mertens 1961
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 11, 2001.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Sternotherus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. carinatus (Razor-Backed Musk Turtle) · S. carinatus carinatus (Razor-Backed Musk Turtle) · S. carinatus minor · S. carinatus peltifer · S. dentatus · S. depressus (Flattened Musk Turtle) · S. derbianus · S. derbinianus · S. minor (Peltifer: Stripeneck Musk Turtle) · S. minor depressus · S. minor minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle) · S. minor peltifer (Stripeneck Musk Turtle) · S. niger · S. nigricans · S. oderatus · S. odorata · S. odoratum · S. odoratus (Common Musk Turtle) · S. peltifer · S. sinnatus · S. sinuatus · S. subniger
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Further Reading
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2004. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004).
- Conant & Collins (1991) Field Guide Rept. Amph. E/C North America, 3rd ed.
- Ernst & Barbour (1989) Turtles of the World.
- Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Herrick Brown - ITIS Data Development Technician: Banks et al. (2003) note: Threatened in some areas of species' range
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Iverson (1977) Cat. Amer. Amph. Rept. (194): 1-2
- Iverson (1998) Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3 (1): 113-117
- Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems / [edited by], Edward T. LaRoe [et al.]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1995. ENG url p. 510, p. 526.
- Schilde (2003) Reptilia (GB) (26): 16-21
- Seidel et al. (1981) Copeia 1981 (1):119-128.
- Tinkle et al. (1955) Tulane Stud. Zool. 3 (3): 53
- Tulane studies in zoology and botany. New Orleans: Tulane University, [1968- ENG url p. 1, p. 15, p. 17, p. 19, p. 20, p. 3, p. 5, p. 7.
- Wermuth & Mertens (1961) Schildkröten, Krokodile, Brückenechsen.
- Wermuth, H. and R. Mertens 1961. Schildkroten, Krokodile Bruckenechsen. VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena. Germany.
- Zug (1986) Cat. Amer. Amph. Rept. No. 397 1986: 1-3
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
- Private Forest Management Team, Auburn University
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Sternotherus depressus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2545340
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-29078
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173760
- IUCN ID: 20824
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ARAAE02020
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: C01Y
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 11347
Footnotes
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
