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Stripeneck musk turtle

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Stripeneck musk turtle
In Alabama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Sternotherus
Species:
S. peltifer
Binomial name
Sternotherus peltifer
(H.M. Smith & Glass, 1947)

The stripeneck musk turtle (Sternotherus peltifer) is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae from the southeastern United States.[1]

Distribution

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Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Sternotherus peltifer". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-09-29.