Razor-backed musk turtle

Razor-backed musk turtle
Adult
Young
Scientific classification Edit this 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[2]
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.[3]

  1. ^ van Dijk, P.P. (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Sternotherus carinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170492A97383360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T170492A6781357.en. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 262. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  3. ^ "Sternotherus carinatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org