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Flattened Musk Turtle vs. Eastern Musk Turtle

Eastern Musk Turtles share the Flattened Musk Turtle's Black Warrior creeks. A: Strikingly flat in the Flattened Musk Turtle; high-domed in the Eastern Musk Turtle. B: Fine dark spots and blotches, no pale stripes in the Flattened Musk Turtle; two bold pale stripes in the Eastern Musk Turtle. The Flattened Musk Turtle is federally threatened and found only in Alabama.

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Flattened Musk Turtle

Sternotherus depressus

Eastern Musk Turtle

Sternotherus odoratus
Flattened Musk Turtle vs. Eastern Musk Turtle: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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