Loggerhead musk turtle : Sternotherus minor minor


Kingdom : Animal
   Phylum : Chordata
          Class : Reptilia
               Order : Testudines
                    Family : Kinosternidae
                         Genus : Sternotherus
                              Species : minor minor

Description:

A small turtle with brown or orange shell, with dark-bordered seams.
Loggerhead turtle, Photo by David Byres The top of the shell may be patterned with dark spots or radiating streaks.

Lower part of shell pink or yellow, with single indistinct hinge.

The head has dark stripes or spots.

Male has enlarged , spine-tipped tail; tip of females tail barely reaches edge of carapace.



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