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Sternotherus minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle)

Synonyms: Goniochelys minor; Kinosternon minor; Sternotherus carinatus minor; Sternotherus carinatus peltifer

Wikipedia Abstract

The loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor ) is a species of turtle native to the United States.
View Wikipedia Record: Sternotherus minor

Infraspecies

Sternotherus minor minor (Loggerhead musk turtle)
Sternotherus minor peltifer (Stripe-necked musk turtle)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  155 grams
Birth Weight [1]  3 grams
Female Weight [1]  155 grams
Female Maturity [2]  8 years
Male Maturity [2]  4 years
Gestation [1]  3 months 16 days
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [1]  3
Maximum Longevity [2]  24 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0