Sternotherus odoratus

Sternotherus odoratus
In Ontario
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Kinosternidae
Genus:	Sternotherus
Species:	S. odoratus
Binomial name
Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801)[2]
Synonyms[3]
List Testudo odorata Latreille, 1801 Testudo glutinata Daudin, 1801 Emys odorata — Schweigger, 1812 Emys glutinata — Merrem, 1820 Terrapene boscii Merrem, 1820 Terrapene odorata — Merrem, 1820 Cistuda odorata — Say, 1825 Sternotherus odorata — Gray, 1825 Sternothaerus boscii — Bell, 1825 Sternothaerus odoratus — Bell, 1825 Clemmys glutinata — Ritgen, 1828 Kinosternum odoratum — Bonaparte, 1830 Emys (Kinosternon) odoratum — Gray, 1831 Kinosternon odoratum — Gray, 1831 Didicla odorata — Rafinesque, 1832 Staurotypus odoratus — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Clemmys (Sternothaerus) odorata — Fitzinger, 1835 Cistudo odorata — LeConte, 1854 Kinosternum guttatum LeConte, 1854 Sternotherus odoratus — LeConte, 1854 Aromochelys odorata — Gray, 1856 Aromochelys odoratum — Gray, 1856 Cinosternum odoratum — Agassiz, 1857 Emys glutinosa Agassiz, 1857 Ozotheca odorata — Agassiz, 1857 Ozotheca tristycha Agassiz, 1857 Cinosternum guttatum — Agassiz, 1857 Testudo glutinosa — Agassiz, 1857 Aromochelys guttata — Strauch, 1862 Aromochelys tristycha — Strauch, 1862 Ozothea odorata — Velasco, 1892 Sternothoerus odoratus — A.E. Brown, 1908 Sternotherus oderatus [sic] Dadd, 1974 (ex errore) Clemmys (Sternothaerus) odoratus — H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1980 Kinosternon (Sternothaerus) odoratus — H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1980 Armochelys odoratum — Zug, 1986 Sternotherus odouratus [sic] Herrel, 2002 (ex errore)

Sternotherus odoratus is a species of small turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is native to southeastern Canada and much of the Eastern United States. It is also known commonly as the common musk turtle, eastern musk turtle,^[4] or stinkpot turtle due to its ability to release a foul musky odor from scent glands on the edge of its shell, possibly to deter predation.^[5] This turtle is grouped in the same family as mud turtles.^[6]