Sternotherus minor
(Agassiz, 1857)
ster-noh-THER-us — MAI-nor
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2021, Chelonian Research Monographs (8): 1–472) elevated S. m. peltifer based on Scott et al. (2018, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 1–15) and recognized no subspecies within S. minor.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Loggerhead Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus minor: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1857
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Agassiz, Louis. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Volume 1. Little, Brown & Company, Boston, Massachusets. 452pp.
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1977
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Iverson, John B. Sternotherus minor. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (195):1-2
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1981
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Seidel, Michael E., and R.V. Lucchino S.L. Reynolds. Phylogenetic relationships among musk turtles (genus Sternotherus) and genic variation in Sternotherus odoratus. Herpetologica 37(3):161-165
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1986
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Zug, George R. Sternotherus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (397):1-3
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2018
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Scott, Peter A., Travis C Glenn, and Leslie J Rissler. Resolving taxonomic turbulence and uncovering cryptic diversity in the Musk Turtles (Sternotherus) using robust demographic modeling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120:1-15
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2021
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Rhodin, Anders G. J., John B. Iverson, Roger Bour, Uwe Fritz, Arthur Georges, H. Bradley Shaffer, and Peter Paul van Dijk. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: First checklist and review of extinct pleistocene and holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs (8):1-472
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