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Giant Musk Turtle

Educational resources on Giant Musk Turtle

Giant Musk Turtle or Staurotypus salvinii is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Near Threatened . IUCN Profile of the Giant Musk Turtle

Academic web links for the Giant Musk Turtle.


EMYSystem Species Page: Staurotypus salvinii (Pacific Coast Giant ...: Common name, Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle. Distribution, Eastern Oaxaca and southern Chiapas, Mexico through southern Guatemala to El Salvador. ...
http://emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Staurotypussalvinii/Staurotypussalvinii.html

EMYSystem Species Page: Staurotypus triporcatus (Mexican Giant ...: Common name, Mexican Giant Musk Turtle. Distribution, Veracruz, Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, and northwestern Honduras, excluding the northern Yucatan peninsula ...
http://emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Staurotypustriporcatus/Staurotypustriporcatus.html

ADW: Kinosternidae: Classification: Species Staurotypus salvinii (Pacific coast giant musk turtle). pictures. Species Staurotypus triporcatus (Mexican giant musk turtle). ...
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Kinosternidae.html

ADW: Kinosternidae: Classification: ...turtle). pictures. Genus Staurotypus (giant musk turtles). Species Staurotypus salvinii (Pacific coast giant musk turtle). pictures. ...
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/path/Kinosternidae.html.html

Mud and Musk Turtles (Kinosternidae): These turtles are the largest in the family; S. salvinii (the Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle) can reach a length of 25 cm, while S. triporcatus (the Mexican ...
http://www.unc.edu/~dtkirkpa/stuff/mud2.html

Turtle, Tuatara, Crocodile Checklist--Index: Testudo Geometric tortoise geometrica, Testudo geometricus, Psammobates geometricus, Testudo Gharial Giant Asian pond turtle Giant musk turtle Giant musk ...
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/search/queryhitturt.htm

Turtle, Tuatara, Crocodile Checklist--8: 6:43-46. CONTRIBUTOR: J. Iverson. GEOGRAPHIC CODE: GT, MX, SV. COMMON NAME: Central American musk turtle, Pacific coast giant musk turtle. ...
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/turtcroclist/chklst8.htm







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