.::::: Turtles of the World - Kinosternidae - Sternotherus :::::.
Last update: 17 June, 2004

A North American genus containing four small sized kinosternid turtles. The genus is by some considered a part of Kinosternon.

Sternotherus
 
Sternotherus carinatus
 
Distribution:
Sternotherus depressus Tinkle & Webb, 1955
Kinosternon depressum (Tinkle & Webb, 1955)
Sternotherus minor depressus Tinkle & Webb, 1955
Distribution: USA.
Sternotherus minor
 
Distribution:
Sternotherus odoratus
 
Distribution:
Literature
Bailey, K.A. & C. Guyer. 1998. Demography and Population Status of the Flattened Musk Turtle, Sternotherus depressus, in the Black Warrior River Basin of Alabama. Chel. Conserv. Biol., 3(1): 77-83.
Becker, H. 1995. Terrarien-Nachzucht von Sternotherus carinatus (Gray, 1856). Sauria, 17(3): 29-33.
Behler, J.L. & F.W. King. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 743 pp.
Close, D.K. 1982. The Reproductive Cycle of Sternotherus minor depressus. Unpubl. ms. thesis, Univ. Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
Dodd, C.K., Jr. 1988. Patterns of Distribution and Seasonal Use of the Turtle Sternotherus depressus by the Leech Placobdella parasitica. J. Herpetol., 22(1): 74-81.
Dodd, C.K., Jr. 1988. Disease and population declines in the Flattened Musk Turtle Sternotherus depressus. Amer. Midl. Nat., 119: 394-401.
Dodd, C.K., Jr. 1989. Secondary sex ratio variation among populations of the Flattened Musk Turtle, Sternotherus depressus. Copeia, 1989: 1041-1045.
Dodd, C.K., Jr. 1990. Effects of habitat fragmentation on a stream-dwelling species, the Flattened Musk Turtle, Sternotherus depressus. Biol. Conserv., 54: 33-45.
Dodd, C.K., Jr., K.M. Enge & J.N. Stuart. 1988. Aspects of the biology of the Flattened Musk Turtle, Sternotherus depressus, in northern Alabama. Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 34: 1-64.
Ernst, C.H. 1986. Ecology of the Turtle, Sternotherus odoratus, in Southeastern Pennsylvania. J. Herpetol., 20(3): 341-352.
Ernst, C.H. & R.W. Barbour. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., and London, 314 pp.
Ernst, C.H., W.A. Cox & K.R. Marion. 1989. The distribution and status of the Flattened Musk Turtle, Sternotherus depressus, (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Tulane Stud. Zool. Bot., 27: 1-20.
Ernst, C.H., J.E. Lovich & R.W. Barbour. 1994. Turtles of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington, 578 pp.
Fonnesbeck, C.J. & C.K. Dodd, Jr. 2003. Estimation of Flattened Musk Turtle (Sternotherus depressus) Survival, Recapture, and Recovery Rate during and after a Disease Outbreak. J. Herpetol., 37(3): 602-607.
Gatten, R.E. 1984. Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism of freely-diving loggerhead musk turtles (Sternotherus minor). Herpetologica, 40: 1-7.
Hutchison, J.H. & D.M. Bramble. 1981. Homology of the Plastral Scales of the Kinosternidae and Related Turtles. Herpetologica, 37(2): 73-85.
Iverson, J.B. 1992. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Richmond, IN: Privately printed, 363 pp.
Iverson, J.B. 1998. Molecules, Morphology, and Mud Turtle Phylogenetics (Family Kinosternidae). Chel. Conserv. Biol., 3(1): 113-117.
 
Lehmann, H. 1984. Ein Zwillingsschlupf bei Sternotherus minor minor (Agassiz, 1857). Salamandra, 29(4): 192-196.
Marion, K.R., W.A. Cox & C.H. Ernst. 1991. Prey of the Flattened Musk Turtle, Sternotherus depressus. J. Herpetol., 25(3): 385-387.
 
Seidel, M.E. 1980. Interspecific Comparisons of Blood Protein and Urea Concentrations in Musk Turtles (Sternotherus), with Notes on Fasing in Sternotherus odoratus. J. Herpetol., 14(2): 167-170.
Seidel, M.E., S.L. Reynolds & R.V. Lucchino. 1981. Phylogenetic Relationships among Musk Turtles (Genus Sternotherus) and Genic Variation in Sternotherus odoratus. Herpetologica, 37(3): 161-165.
 
 
Stone, P.A., J.L. Dobie & R.P. Henry. 1992. Cutaneous surface area and bimodal respiration in soft-shelled (Trionyx spiniferus), stinkpot (Sternotherus odoratus), and mud turtles (Kinosternon subrubrum). Physiol. Zool., 65: 311-330.
Stone, P.A., J.L. Dobie & R.P. Henry. 1992. The effect of aquatic oxygen levels on diving and ventilatory behavior in soft-shelled (Trionyx spiniferus), stinkpot (Sternotherus odoratus), and mud turtles (Kinosternon subrubrum). Physiol. Zool.,65: 331-345.
Tinkle, D.W. 1961. Geographic variation in reproduction, size, sex ratio and maturity of Sternotherus odoratus. Ecology, 42: 68-76.
Walker, D., W.S. Nelson, K.A. Buhlmann & J.C. Avise. 1997. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and subspecies issues in the monotypic freshwater turtle Sternotherus odoratus. Copeia, 1997: 16-21.