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Taxonomy of the genus Sternotherus Biodiversity of the family Kinosternidae

Bibliography of the genus
Sternotherus (North American Musk Turtles)

(Reptilia: Testudines: Kinosternidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Sternotherus in general

Belkin, D.A. 1968. Aquatic respiration and underwater survival of two freshwater turtle species. Respiration Physiology 4: 1-14.

Delaruelle, J.J.; Laperouse, C. 2013. [Sternotherus Gray, 1825]. (In French). Cheloniens 32: 20-39.

Folkerts, G.W. 1967. Notes on a hybrid musk turtle. Copeia 1967: 479-480.

Gray, J.E. 1873. Notes on Chinese Mud-Tortoises (Trionychidae), with the description of a new species sent to the British Museum by Mr. Swinhoe, and observations on the male organ of this family. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 4) 12: 156-161.

Haug, L. 1971. Sternotherus. International Turtle and Tortoise Society Journal 5(5): 12-13.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1989. Opinion 1534. Sternotherus Gray, 1825 and Pelusios Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia, Testudines): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46(1): 81-82.

Jackson, J.F. 1988. Crevice occupation by musk turtles: taxonomic distribution and crevice attributes. Animal Behaviour 36(3): 793-801.

Jackson, J.F. 1990. Evidence for chemosensor-mediated predator avoidance in musk turtles. Copeia 1990(2): 557-560.

Masi, L. 1911. Osservazioni sopra due esemplari di Sternothaerus. Roma Boll. Soc. zool. ital. 12: 131-139.

Muir, J.H. 1984. Commercial exploitation of Graptemys and Sternotherus turtles. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 19(3): 98-100.

Neill, W.T. 1948. The musk turtles of Georgia. Herpetologica 4(5): 181-183.

Rebsamen, A. 1988. Harb, aber herzlich: Moschusschildkröte. Aquaria (St. Gallen) 35(9): 151-152.

Sachsse, W. 2017. On the genus Sternotherus in captivity, part I. Radiata (English Edition) 26(3): 23-29

Scott, P.A.; Glenn, T.C.; Rissler, L.J. 2018. Resolving taxonomic turbulence and uncovering cryptic diversity in the musk turtles (Sternotherus) using robust demographic modeling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 1-15

Seidel, M.E.; Lucchino, R.V. 1981. Allozymic and morphological variation among the musk turtles Sternotherus carinatus, S. depressus and S. minor (Kinosternidae). Copeia 1981(1): 119-128.

Seidel, M.E.; Reynolds, S.L.; Lucchino, R.V. 1981. Phylogenetic relationships among musk turtles genus (Sternotherus) and genic variation in Sternotherus odoratus. Herpetologica 37(3): 161-165.

Siebenrock, F. 1903. Zur Systematik der Gattung Sternothoerus Bell. Zoologischer Anzeiger 26: 191-199.

Smith, H.M.; Larsen, K.R. 1974. The generic name of the North American musk turtles. Great Basin Naturalist 34(1): 42-44.

Smith, H.M.; Smith, R.B.; Chiszar, D. 1980. Sternotherus Gray, 1825, correct spelling; and Pelusios Wagler, 1830, proposed conservation (Reptilia, Testudines). Z.N.(S.) 2278. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 37(2): 124-128.

Tinkle, D.W. 1958. The systematics and ecology of the Sternothaerus carinatus complex. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 6: 1-56.

Zug, G.R. 1971. American musk turtles, Sternothaerus or Sternotherus? Herpetologica 27: 446-449.

Zug, G.R. 1986. Sternotherus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 397: 1-3.

Sternotherus carinatus

Atkinson, C.L. 2012. Natural history notes: Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-backed Musk Turtle). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 43(4): 639-640.

Atkinson, C.L. 2013. Razor-backed Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus) diet across a gradient of invasion. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8(3): 561-570.

Baur, M. 1995. Erfolge und Misserfolge bei der Pflege der gekielten Moschusschildkröte. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 48(4): 242-244.

Black, J.H. 1975. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus. USA: Oklahoma: Seminole Co. Herpetological Review 6(2): 44.

Blankenship, E.L.; Bailey, M.A.; Schnuelle, K.; Hauge, B. 1995. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus (Razorback Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 26(2): 106-107.

Brown, G.J.; Pearson, L.S.; Berry, G.A.; Pellecchia, C.M.; Lindeman, P.V. 2018. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus (Razorback Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 49(4): 713.

Coleman, J.L.; Pruett, J.A. 2008. New county records of reptiles and amphibians from East Texas. Herpetological Review 39(2): 246-247.

Connior, M.B. 2011. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-backed Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 42(3): 390.

Dundee, H.A. 1995. New Texas herpetofaunal county records represented in the Tulane University Museum of Natural History. Herpetological Review 26(4): 211-212.

Godwin, C. 2017. Herpetoculture notes: Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-backed Musk Turtle). Restraint technique. Herpetological Review 48(1): 86-87.

Green, D.; Thomas, D. 1989. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus (Razorback Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 20(1): 14.

Hennig, A.S. 2000. Haltung und Nachzucht von Sternotherus carinatus (Gray, 1855), der Dach-Moschusschildkröte. Radiata 9(4): 3-7.

Hennig, A.S. 2002. Pflege und Vermehrung von Gewöhnlicher Moschusschildkröte (Sternotherus odoratus) sowie Dachmoschusschildkröte (Sternotherus carinatus). Reptilia (D) 7(35): 36-40.

Hennig, A.S. 2003. Keeping and breeding the Common Musk Turtle and the razorback musk turtle, Sternotherus odoratus, Sternotherus carinatus. Reptilia (GB) 26: 22-26.

Hofer, W. 2006. Breeding the Razor-backed Musk Turtle Sternotherus carinatus (Gray, 1855). pp. 239-243. In: Artner, H.; Farkas, B. & Loehr, V. (eds.). Turtles: proceedings: International Turtle & Tortoise Symposium, Vienna 2002. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 618 pp.

Huntzinger, C.C.; Cantrelle, K.; Lyons, E.K.; Selman, W. 2014. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-backed Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 45(4): 657.

Iida, A.; Kitano, T.; Ohnaka, T. 2008. [Kinosternon carinatum (Gray, 1855) (Testudines, Kinosternidae) collected from Ichinomiya city, Aichi Prefecture]. (In Japanese). Science Report of the Toyohashi Museum of Natural History 18: 33-34.

Iverson, J.B. 1979. Sternotherus carinatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 226: 1-2.

Iverson, J.B. 2002. Reproduction in female razorback musk turtles (Sternotherus carinatus: Kinosternidae). Southwestern Naturalist 47(2): 215-224.

Jackson, C.; Irwin, K.J. 2002. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-backed Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 33(4): 321.

Killebrew, F.C. 1982. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus (Razorback Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 13(4): 131.

Konvalina, J.D.; Thigpen, C.S.; Trauth, S.E. 2015. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-backed Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 46(4): 566.

Lindeman, P.V. 1996. Distribution, relative abundance, and basking ecology of the Razorback Musk Turtle, Kinosternon carinatum, in the Pearl and Pascagoula River drainages. Herpetological Natural History 4(1): 23-34.

Lindeman, P.V. 2008. Sternotherus carinatus (Gray 1856) - Razorback Musk Turtle, Razor-backed Musk Turtle. Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 012.1-012.6.

Liner, E.A. 1996. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus (Razorback Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 27(3): 151.

Lodrigue, K.J.; Criglow, G.S. 2006. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-backed Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 37(4): 492.

Meshaka, W.E.; Wilhide, J.D.; Trauth, S.A. 1988. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus carinatus (Razorback Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 19(1): 22.

Nietzke, G. 1973. Sternotherus carinatus - Dach-Moschusschildkröte. Aquarium Aqua Terra 7(52): 411-412.

Shively, S.H.; Brown, J.; Carr, J.L. 2011. Natural history notes: Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-backed Musk Turtle). Predation. Herpetological Review 42(3): 423.

Webb, R.G. 1995. The date of publication of Gray's Catalogue of shield Reptiles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1(4): 322-323.

Sternotherus depressus

Bailey, K.A.; Guyer, C. 1998. Demography and population status of the flattened musk turtle, Sternotherus depressus, in the Black Warrior river basin of Alabama. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(1): 77-83.

Dodd, C.K. 1988. Disease and population declines in the Flattened Musk Turtle Sternotherus depressus. American Midland Naturalist 119(2): 394-401.

Dodd, C.K. 1989. Secondary sex ratio variation among populations of the Flattened Musk Turtle, Sternotherus depressus. Copeia 1989(4): 1041-1045.

Dodd, C.K. 1990. Effects of habitat fragmentation on a stream-dwelling species, the flattened musk turtle, Sternotherus depressus. Biological Conservation 54(1): 33-45.

Dodd, C.K. 2008. Sternotherus depressus Tinkle and Webb 1955 - Flattened Musk Turtle. Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 013.1-013.7.

Dodd, C.K.; Enge, K.M.; Stuart, J.N. 1988. Aspects of the biology of the Flattened Musk Turtle, Sternotherus depressus in northern Alabama. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences 34(1): 1-64.

Ernst, C.H.; Cox, W.A.; Marion, K.R. 1989. The distribution and status of the Flattened Musk Turtle, Sternotherus depressus (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 27(1): 1-20.

Fonnesbeck, C.J.; Dodd, C.K. 2003. Estimation of flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus) survival, recapture, and recovery rate during and after a disease outbreak. Journal of Herpetology 37(3): 602-607.

Iverson, J.B. 1977. Sternotherus depressus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 194: 1-2.

Langton, T. (ed.) 1987. Federal protection for two US turtles (terrapins). Herpetofauna News 10: 2.

Marion, K.R.; Cox, W.A.; Ernst, C.H. 1984. Life history notes: Sternotherus depressus (Flattened Musk Turtle). Coloration. Herpetological Review 15(2): 51.

Marion, K.R.; Cox, W.A.; Ernst, C.H. 1991. Prey of the flattened musk turtle, Sternotherus depressus. Journal of Herpetology 25(3): 385-387.

May, C.D. 2011. Ein Tag mit der Flachen Schlammschildkröte, Sternotherus depressus. Schildkröten im Fokus 8(3): 3-12.

Melancon, S.R.; Angus, R.A.; Marion, K.R. 2011. Growth of the flattened musk turtle, Sternotherus depressus Tinkle and Webb. Southeastern Naturalist 10(3): 399-408.

Melancon, S.R.; Angus, R.A.; Marion, K.R. 2013. Demographic comparisons between Reservoir-dwelling and stream-dwelling populations of a threatened turtle (Sternotherus depressus Tinkle and Webb). Southeastern Naturalist 12(4): 684-691.

Mount, R.H. 1986. Flattened Musk Turtle. pp. 40-41. In: Mount, R.H. (ed.). Vertebrate animals of Alabama in need of special attention. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, Alabama. 124 pp.

Walker, D.; Orti, G.; Avise, J.C. 1998. Phylogenetic distinctiveness of a threatened aquatic turtle (Sternotherus depressus). Conservation Biology 12(3): 639-645.

Sternotherus intermedius

Scott, P.A.; Glenn, T.C.; Rissler, L.J. 2018. Resolving taxonomic turbulence and uncovering cryptic diversity in the musk turtles (Sternotherus) using robust demographic modeling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 1-15

Sternotherus minor

Avise, J.C. 1997. Space and time as axes in intraspecific phylogeography. Nato Asi Series I Global Environmental Change 47: 381-388.

Becker, H. 2003. Comments on keeping and breeding the Loggerhead Musk Turtle Sternotherus minor minor (Agassiz, 1857). Radiata 12(1): 3-10.

Bels, V.; Libois, R. 1983. Etude comparee des parades sexuelles de quelques especes de cheloniens: Pelomedusa subrufa subrufa (Lacepede), Sternotherus minor (Agassiz) et Kinixys belliana nogueyi (Bell). Cahiers d'Ethologie Appliquee 3(1): 39-58.

Bels, V.L.; Crama, Y.J.M. 1994. Quantitative analysis of the courtship and mating behavior in the Loggerhead Musk Turtle Sternotherus minor (Reptilia: Kinosternidae) with comments on courtship behavior in turtles. Copeia 1994(3): 676-684.

Berry, J.F. 1975. The population effects of ecological sympatry on musk turtles in northern Florida. Copeia 1975(4): 692-701.

Bidmon, H.J. 2015. Drohgebärden vom ersten bis zum letzten Tag: die Kleine Moschusschildkröte, Sternotherus minor minor. Schildkröten im Fokus 12(3): 3-23.

Bourque, J.R. 2011. Natural history notes: Sternotherus minor minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Diet. Herpetological Review 42(2): 268-269.

Camp, C.D. 1986. Life history notes: Sternotherus minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Size. Herpetological Review 17(4): 89, 91.

Cox, W.A.; Hazelrig, J.B.; Turner, M.E.; Angus, R.A.; Marion, K.R. 1991. A model for growth in the musk turtle, Sternotherus minor, in a north Florida spring. Copeia 1991(4): 954-968.

Cox, W.A.; Marion, K.R. 1978. Observations on the female reproductive cycle and associated phenomena in spring-dwelling populations of Sternotherus minor in north Florida (Reptilia: Testudines). Herpetologica 34(1): 20-33.

Cox, W.A.; Nowak, M.C.; Marion, K.R. 1980. Observations on courtship and mating behavior in the musk turtle, Sternotherus minor. Journal of Herpetology 14(2): 200-204.

Enge, K.M.; Foster, D.R. 1986. Life history notes: Sternotherus minor minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Size. Herpetological Review 17(1): 25.

Enge, K.M.; Wallace, G.E. 2008. Basking survey of map turtles (Graptemys) in the Choctawhatchee and Ochlockonee Rivers, Florida and Alabama. Florida Scientist 71(4): 310-322.

Ernst, C.H.; Miller, J.L.; Marion, K.R.; Cox, W.A. 1988. Comparisons of shell morphology among turtles of the Kinosternon minor complex. American Midland Naturalist 120(2): 282-288.

Etchberger, C.R.; Ehrhart, L.M. 1987. The reproductive biology of the female Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Sternotherus minor minor, from the southern part of its range in central Florida. Herpetologica 43(1): 66-73.

Etchberger, C.R.; Stovall, R.H. 1990. Seasonal variation in the testicular cycle of the Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Sternotherus minor minor, from central Florida. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68(6): 1071-1074.

Felsner, H. 1999. Langjährige Nachzucht der Kleinen Moschusschildroete Sternotherus minor minor (Agassiz, 1857). Emys 6(1): 4-14.

Gatten, R.E. 1984. Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism of freely-diving Loggerhead Musk Turtles (Sternotherus minor). Herpetologica 40(1): 1-7.

Guntermann, J. 1998. Beobachtungen an Sternotherus minor minor in natürlichen Lebensräumen in Florida. Emys 5(5): 4-16.

Hensley, F.R. 1995. Natural history notes: Sternotherus minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Foraging depth. Herpetological Review 26(2): 99.

Iverson, J.B. 1977. Geographic variation in the musk turtle, Sternotherus minor. Copeia 1977(3): 502-517.

Iverson, J.B. 1977. Sternotherus minor. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 195: 1-2.

Iverson, J.B. 1978. Reproductive cycle of female loggerhead musk turtles (Sternotherus minor minor) in Florida. Herpetologica 34(1): 33-39.

Jackson, C.G. 1965. Carapace erosion in the loggerhead musk turtle, Sternothaerus minor minor Agassiz. Herpetologica 20: 279-281.

Jackson, C.G. 1969. Agonistic behaviour in Sternotherus minor minor Agassiz. Herpetologica 25: 53-54.

Jackson, D.R. 1997. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 28(2): 94-95.

Lehmann, H. 1984. Ein Zwillingsschlupf bei Sternotherus minor minor (Agassiz, 1857) (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Salamandra 20(4): 192-196.

McCoy, C.J.; Bianculli, A.V.; Vogt, R.C. 1978. Sternotherus minor (Reptilia, Kinosternidae) in the Pascagoula River system, Mississippi. USA: Herpetological Review 9(3): 109.

Mead, J.F.; Mead, A.J.; Parmley, D. 2015. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 46(3): 382.

Meshaka, W.; Gallo, N. 1990. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 21(4): 95.

Mitchell, J.C.; Johnston, G.R. 2012. Natural history notes: Sternotherus minor minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Predation. Herpetological Review 43(1): 128.

Munscher, E.C.; Williams, B.; Salvatico, N.; Wayne, O.; Hauge, B. 2016. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 47(2): 255.

Onorato, D. 1996. The growth rate and age distribution of Sternotherus minor at Rainbow Run, Florida. Journal of Herpetology 30(3): 301-306.

Peck, B. 1987. The Loggerhead Musk Turtle. ASRA (Association for the Study of Reptilia and Amphibia) Journal 3(2): 5-11.

Petzing, J.E.; Near, T.J. 2000. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). USA: Alabama: Marion Co. Herpetological Review 31(2): 111.

Pfaller, J.B.; Gignac, P.M.; Erickson, G.M. 2011. Ontogenetic changes in jaw-muscle architecture facilitate durophagy in the turtle Sternotherus minor. Journal of Experimental Biology 214(10): 1655-1667.

Pinder, M.J.; Ferguson, M.; Sklarew, S.; Cunningham, N. 1995. Sternotherus minor (stripe-necked musk turtle). Catesbeiana 15(2): 45-46.

Pritchard, P.C.H. 2003. Akinesis and plastral scute homologies in Sternotherus (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3): 671-674.

Rauh, J. 2010. Die Zwerg-Moschusschildkröte - Sternotherus minor. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Münster. 62 pp.

Rust, H.T. 1937. Interessante Schildkröten. III. Sternotherus minor (Agassiz), 1857, die kleine Moschusschildkröte. Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde (Braunschweig) 44: 637-639.

Sachsse, W. 1977. Sternotherus m. minor, seine Nachzucht und die damit verbundenen biologischen Beobachtungen (Reptilia: Testudines: Kinosternidae). Salamandra 13(3-4): 157-165.

Snow, F.; Stevenson, D.J. 2011. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 42(3): 390.

Steen, D.A.; Baragona, M.; McClure, C.J.W.; Jones, K.C.; Smith, L.L. 2012. Demography of a small population of Loggerhead Musk Turtles (Sternotherus minor) in the Panhandle of Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 40(3): 47-55.

Steinle, C.P. 1988. Beobachtungen an der Kleinen Moschusschildkröte Sternotherus minor. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 41(9): 346-347.

Stejneger, L.H. 1923. Rehabilitation of a hitherto overlooked species of musk turtle of the southern states. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 62(6): 1-3.

Sterrett, S.C.; Smith, L.L.; Golladay, S.W.; Schweitzer, S.H.; Maerz, J.C. 2011. The conservation implications of riparian land use on river turtles. Animal Conservation 14(1): 38-46.

Sterrett, S.C.; Smith, L.L.; Schweitzer, S.H.; Maerz, J.C. 2010. An assessment of two methods for sampling river turtle assemblages. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5(3): 490-497.

Sterrett, S.C.; Terrell, V.C.K. 2013. Natural history notes: Sternotherus minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Diet. Herpetological Review 44(1): 133-134.

Stevenson, D.; Crowe, D. 1992. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor minor (Loggerhead Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 23(3): 88.

Walker, D.; Burke, V.J.; Barak, I.; Avise, J.C. 1995. A comparison of mtDNA restriction sites vs. control region sequences in phylogeographic assessment of the musk turtle (Sternotherus minor). Molecular Ecology 4(3): 365-373.

Walsh, T.J.; Heinrich, G.L. 2015. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) predation of turtles in Central Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 43(2): 79-85.

Zappalorti, R.T.; Iverson, J.B. 2006. Sternotherus minor - Loggerhead Musk Turtle. Chelonian Research Monographs 3: 197-206.

Sternotherus odoratus

Adler, K.K. 1960. Notes on lateral expansion of the periphery in juveniles of Sternothaerus odoratus. Copeia 1960(2): 156.

Allen, D.C.; Robison, H.W.; Rader, J.; Rader, T. 2005. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus odoratus (Stinkpot). Herpetological Review 36(1): 78.

Andres, K.M.; Chambers, R.M. 2006. A test of philopatry by Common Musk Turtles. American Midland Naturalist 156(1): 45-51.

Andrews, K.D. 1996. An endochondral rather than a dermal origin for scleral ossicles in cryptodiran turtles. Journal of Herpetology 30(2): 257-260.

Andrews, K.D.; Andrews, S.L. 1992. Life history notes: Sternotherus odoratus (Stinkpot). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 23(4): 116-117.

Aresco, M.J. 2005. The effect of sex-specific terrestrial movements and roads on the sex ratio of freshwater turtles. Biological Conservation 123(1): 37-44.

Attum, O.; Cutshall, C.D.; Eberly, K.; Day, H.; Tietjen, B. 2013. Is there really no place like home? Movement, site fidelity, and survival probability of translocated and resident turtles. Biodiversity and Conservation 22(13-14): 3185-3195.

Bendell, J.F. 1959. Bony shells of Musk turtles in a nest of Bald Eagle. Canadian Field Naturalist 78: 131-132.

Bennett, A.M.; Keevil, M.G.; Litzgus, J.D. 2015. Natural history notes: Sternotherus odoratus (Eastern Musk Turtle). Home range. Herpetological Review 46(2): 245-246.

Bennett, A.M.; Litzgus, J.D. 2014. Injury rates of freshwater turtles on a recreational waterway in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Herpetology 48(2): 262-266.

Bergeron, C.M.; Husak, J.F.; Unrine, J.M.; Romanek, C.S.; Hopkins, W.A. 2007. Influence of feeding ecology on blood mercury concentrations in four species of turtles. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(8): 1733-1741.

Berry, J.F. 1975. The population effects of ecological sympatry on musk turtles in northern Florida. Copeia 1975(4): 692-701.

Boone, B.W.; Mooney, A.; Murdoch, J. 2015. Natural history notes: Sternotherus odoratus (Eastern Musk Turtle). Foraging and diet. Herpetological Review 46(1): 85.

Brockman-Mederas, K.M. 2016. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus odoratus (Eastern Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 47(3): 423.

Brown, G.J. 2015. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus odoratus (Eastern Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 46(4): 566.

Budde, H. 1982. Durch Nachzucht erhalten: die Moschusschildkröte. Aquarien Magazin 16(4): 242-246.

Burkett, R.D. 1966. An extension of known range in Texas for the Stinkpot turtle, Sternothaerus odoratus. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 69: 361.

Cagle, F.R. 1937. Egg laying habits of the slider turtle (Pseudemys troostii), the Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta), and the musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 12(1): 87-95.

Cairns, N.A.; Stoot, L.J.; Blouin-Demers, G.; Cooke, S.J. 2014. Refinement of bycatch reduction devices to exclude freshwater turtles from commercial fishing nets. Endangered Species Research 22(3): 251-261.

Cairns, N.A.; Stoot, L.J.; Blouin-Demers, G.; Cooke, S.J. 2017. Using behavioral observations to develop escape devices for freshwater turtles entrapped in fishing nets. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 8(1): 4-14

Casper, G.S. 1997. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus odoratus (Common Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 28(4): 209.

Cobb, V.A.; Cobb, L.M. 1991. New county records for amphibians and reptiles of east Texas. Herpetological Review 22(1): 27-28.

Conant, R.; Berry, J.F. 1978. Turtles of the family Kinosternidae in the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico: identification and distribution. American Museum Novitates 2642: 1-18.

Connior, M.B. 2011. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus odoratus (Eastern Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 42(4): 566.

Cunningham, T.G. 1960. Observations on Sternothaerus odoratus in Marshall County, Indiana. Copeia 1960(1): 53.

Daniel, R.E. 2007. New size records for three species of Missouri reptiles. Missouri Herpetological Association Newsletter 20: 16-17.

Davis, J.G.; Krusling, P.J. 2009. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus odoratus (Eastern Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 40(4): 450.

Derby, A. 2005. Elevage et reproduction en captivite du Cinosterne odorant, Sternotherus odoratus. Manouria 8(26): 6-9.

Diffie, S.; Miller, J.; Murray, K. 2010. Laboratory observations of Red imported Fire Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) predation on reptilian and avian eggs. Journal of Herpetology 44(2): 294-296.

Dodd, C.K. 1989. Population structure and biomass of Sternotherus odoratus (Testudines: Kinosternidae) in a northern Alabama lake. Brimleyana 15: 47-56.

Dodge, C.H. 1956. The musk turtle in Iowa. Herpetologica 12: 176.

Dowling, H.G. 1956. Geographic relations of Ozarkian amphibians and reptiles. Southwestern Naturalist 1(4): 174-189.

Durso, A.M. 2009. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus odoratus (Eastern Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 40(4): 449-450.

Edgreen, R.A. 1949. Variation in the size of eggs of the turtles Chelydra s. serpentina (Linne) and Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille). Natural History Miscellanea (Chicago) 53: 1.

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Tucker, J.K.; Paukstis, G.L.; Janzen, F.J. 2001. Interspecific variation in egg and hatchling size in four sympatric chelonians: Influence of the hydric environment of incubation. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 37(3): 83-100.

Tucker, J.K.; Theiling, C.H. 1994. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus odoratus (Common Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 25(1): 32.

Tucker, J.K.; Warner, D.A. 1997. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus odoratus (Common Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 28(4): 209.

Ultsch, G.R.; Cochran, B.M. 1994. Physiology of northern and southern musk turtles (Sternotherus odoratus) during simulated hibernation. Physiological Zoology 67(1): 263-281.

Vaentine-Darby, P.L.; Kell, S.E.; Darby, P.C. 2015. Predation on Florida Apple Snails (Pomacea paludosa) by native and non-native aquatic fauna, and predator-prey size relationships. Florida Scientist 78(1): 47-56.

Walker, D.; Nelson, W.S.; Buhlmann, K.A.; Avise, J.C. 1997. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and subspecies issues in the monotypic freshwater turtle Sternotherus odoratus. Copeia 1997(1): 16-21.

Walsh, T.J.; Heinrich, G.L. 2015. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) predation of turtles in Central Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 43(2): 79-85.

Watson, M.B.; Pauley, T.K. 2007. Spatial distribution of turtles along the Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 78(2): 14-25.

Wieten, A.C.; Cooper, M.J.; Parker, A.D.; Uzarski, D.G. 2012. Great Lakes coastal wetland habitat use by seven turtle species: influences of wetland type, vegetation, and abiotic conditions. Wetlands Ecology and Management 20(1): 47-58.

Wilhelm, C.E.; Plummer, M.V. 2012. Diet of radiotracked Musk Turtles, Sternotherus odoratus, in a small urban Stream. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 7(2): 258-264.

Wilkinson, L.R.; Whitfield-Gibbons, J. 2005. Patterns of reproductive allocation: clutch and egg size variation in three freshwater turtles. Copeia 2005(4): 868-879.

Williams, J.E. 1952. Homing behavior of the Painted Turtle and musk turtle in a lake. Copeia 1952: 76-82.

Wilson, A.K. 1994. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus odoratus (Common Musk Turtle). USA: Illinois: Kane Co. Herpetological Review 25(2): 75.

Woolley, P.A. 1996. Responses of Chelydra serpentina and Chrysemys picta to the musk of other turtles. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 31(11): 201-202.

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Sternotherus peltifer

Braswell, A.L. 1986. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor peltifer (Stripeneck Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 17(3): 67.

Brown, G.; Lamb, J.Y. 2017. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor peltifer (Stripe-necked Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 48(4): 810.

Brown, G.J.; Lamb, J.Y. 2018. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor peltifer (Stripe-necked Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 49(1): 72-73.

Brown, G.J.; Lindeman, P.V.; Huntzinger, C.C. 2017. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor peltifer (Stripe-necked Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 48(1): 124-125.

Burling, J.W.; Wicknick, J.A. 2010. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor peltifer (Stripe-necked Musk Turtle). USA: Alabama. Herpetological Review 41(3): 377.

Crain, J.L.; Cliburn, J.W. 1972. Sternothaerus minor peltifer in Louisiana. Southwestern Naturalist 16(3-4): 444-445.

Croy, S. 1985. Field notes: Graptemys geographica (Map Turtle) and Sternotherus minor peltifer (Stripeneck Musk Turtle): Scott County, Virginia, Pendleton Islands, Clinch River, 1.25mi. SW Ft. Blackmore. 12 September 1984. Catesbeiana 5(2): 16.

Ennen, J.R.; Floyd, S.A. 2013. Home range characteristics and overwintering ecology of the Stripe-necked Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor peltifer) in Middle Tennessee. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(1): 199-203.

Ennen, J.R.; Scott, A.F. 2008. Diel movement behavior of the stripe-necked must turtle (Sternotherus minor peltifer) in Middle Tennessee. American Midland Naturalist 160(2): 278-288.

Hromada, S.J.; Woods, J.; Gienger, C.M. 2018. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor peltifer (Stripe-necked Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 49(4): 713-714.

Jones, R.L.; Knight, C.; Majure, T. 1993. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor peltifer (Stripeneck Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 24(4): 154.

Newman, D.J.; Lee, J.R. 2011. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor peltifer (Stripe-necked Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 42(1): 111.

Roble, S.M. 2016. Geographic distribution: Sternotherus minor peltifer (Stripe-necked Musk Turtle). Herpetological Review 47(2): 255.

Scott, A.F.; Sutton, S.; Williamson, S. 2000. New county records of amphibians and turtles from the western highland rim of Central Tennessee. Herpetological Review 31(2): 117-118.

Smith, H.M.; Glass, B.P. 1947. A new musk turtle from southeastern United States. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(1): 22-24.