Educational resources on Flattened Musk Turtle

Flattened Musk Turtle or Sternotherus depressus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to B1+2c. IUCN Profile of the Flattened Musk Turtle

Academic web links for the Flattened Musk Turtle.

Mud and Musk Turtles (Kinosternidae)
The Flattened musk turtle, S. depressus, also is aptly named. Its carapace is very flattened and wide. It has been considered a subspecies of S. minor in the past.
www.unc.edu/~dtkirkpa/stuff/mud2.html

EMYSystem Species Page: Sternotherus depressus (Flattened Musk Turtle)
Original Description: Tinkle and Webb 1955: 53: Type Locality "Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River, 9 miles east of Jasper, Walker County, Alabama, [USA
emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Sternotherusdepressus/Sternotherusdepressus.html

ADW: Sternotherus depressus: Information
Unfortunately, the Flattened Musk Turtle has had value in the pet trade, and has been heavily exploited for that reason in some parts of its small range..
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Sternotherus_depressus.html

TAXONOMY
PERIODICITY: Flattened musk turtle adults seem to be primarily nocturnal whereas juveniles appear to be more diurnal (02). They are active during the months of April
fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/esis/lists/e154012.htm

Sternotherus minor, Flattened Musk Turtle, Little Warrior River ...
Sternotherus minor, Flattened Musk Turtle, Little Warrior River, Blount County, AL, Vertebrate Field Zoology Collected Specimens, Spring 2004
www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/biology/vert-zoo-04s/pages/88.htm

Marion Lab Students
Population status of the threatened flattened musk turtle. Janna Owens. Current Ph.D. candidate. Linking stream biodiversity with stream geomorphology.
www.uab.edu/uabbio/mari-stu.htm

Phylogenetic Distinctiveness of a Threatened Aquatic
The flattened musk turtle forms a well-supported monophyletic group separate from S. minor. Gen etic divergence observed between S. depressus and geographic populations of S. minor
golab.unl.edu/publications/Walker.Orti.Avise.pdf

Marion CV
Flattened musk turtle (status). Pages 8081. In R. Mirarchi, M. Bailey, T. Haggerty and T. Best (eds.), Alabama Wildlife, Volume 3, Imperiled Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals
www.uab.edu/uabbio/mari-cv.htm

Alabama State Wildlife Policy
The flattened musk turtle is a reptile unique to Alabama and the legislature finds protection is required for its survival. It is unlawful to hunt, wound, injure, kill, trap
wildlifelaw.unm.edu/statbook/alabam.html

Forestry & Wildlife Sciences Extension
Flattened Musk Turtle (Sternotherus depressus) Description: A small freshwater turtle less than 5 inches in total length with a flattened top shell.
www.aces.edu/forestry/wildlife/flattenedmusk.php