| Stripeneck musk turtle | |
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| In Alabama | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
Distribution
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina.
Gallery
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Juvenile carapace, Georgia
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Juvenile plastron, Georgia
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Adult carapace, Alabama
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Adult plastron, Alabama
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Underwater, Alabama
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Tennessee
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References
- ^ "Sternotherus peltifer". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Sternotherus peltifer | |