Flattened musk turtle

Flattened musk turtle
Adult and hatchling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Sternotherus
Species:
S. depressus
Binomial name
Sternotherus depressus
Tinkle & Webb, 1955
The purple area on the map indicates where the flattened musk turtle is present
Synonyms[4]
List
  • Sternotherus depressus
    Tinkle & Webb, 1955
  • Sternothaerus depressus
    — Tinkle, 1958
  • Sternotherus minor depressus
    — Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
  • Kinosternon depressum
    — Iverson, Ernst, Gotte & Lovich, 1989
  • Kinosternon depressus
    — Welch, 1994

The flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus) is a critically endangered species of freshwater turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic to north-central and west-central Alabama.[5][6]

  1. ^ van Dijk PP (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Sternotherus depressus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T20824A97383753. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T20824A9231032.en. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. ^ 52 FR 22418
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Flattened Musk Turtle". Outdoor Alabama. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  6. ^ Dodd, C.K., Jr. 2008. Sternotherus depressus Tinkle and Webb 1955 – flattened musk turtle. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., and Iverson, J.B. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 013.1-013.7, doi:10.3854/crm.5.013.depressus.v1.2008, //iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/.