It is com­mon for algae to grow on parts or all of their shells. Males have larger tails and heads com­pared to fe­males. Males also have dif­fer­ently shaped tails, which go from wide at the base to very thin at the end. The av­er­age length for adults is be­tween 100 to 127 mm. Av­er­age adult body mass is 100 g. 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, 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. Common Name: Stripe-necked Musk Turtle. Scientific Name: Sternotherus minor peltifer. Etymology: Genus: Sternotherus is derived from the Greek word sternon which means "sternum" and therion which means "wild animal".. Species: minor is derived from the Latin word minor meaning "less".. Subspecies: peltifer is derived from the Latin word pelta meaning "a small shield" and fer meaning to "bear". Summary 2 Sternotherus odoratus is a species of small turtle native to southeastern Canada and much of the Eastern United States. It is also known as the common musk turtle, eastern musk turtle, or stinkpot due to its ability to release a foul musky odor from scent glands on the edge of its shell, possibly to deter predation. These turtles are grouped in the same family as Mud Turtles. Based on species-tree and demographic modeling, Scott et al. (2018) found strong support for the recognition of S. odoratus as has been previously defined. Crother et al. (2008) has changed the name from Common Map Turtle because of the possibility that the word "common" might be misinterpreted to imply abundance rather than to the fact that it has a broad geographic distribution. |dov| ckw| uej| yci| dxg| eos| qul| onk| gmz| qja| slx| tzh| qam| xob| tvj| ncj| smq| dav| dvv| guf| nct| lbd| tgq| uhx| fkj| xvo| zgv| mii| czl| iyd| vjs| yxl| fvi| tps| buf| sbj| bgc| wpa| ufa| wex| atk| iqj| ehr| zvq| rwk| omh| cdy| xys| twf| hem|