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[studd muffin]

I just picked up this mud turtle an hour ago. Can you please ID this guy I want to know what kind of mud turtle he/she is.

 

[Noto]

Looks like a stinkpot, Sternotherus odoratus. Only other possibility is Mississippi mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis. Can you get a shot of the underside?

 

[studd muffin]

I think it might be a stink pot turtle.

 

[Horiyoshi III]

Does look like a common musk A LITTLE.
Look at the peak of it's carapace, a little different than a commons.
Also the head shape and that stripe...a little off.
Although this one could just have it's own unique look.
Head looks a little round around the eyes as well.
As I see my two beggars everyday, this one looks a little diff.


Kinosternidae nonetheless.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Can you get a side shot of the head? I'm pretty sure it is a Stinkpot but it almost looks like a Mississippi Mud Turtle too.

 

[studd muffin]

Not the best pictures but here you go

 

[snakeguy101]

I am leaning towards a mud. The stink pots have a different snout that comes to a point more rapidly...

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Actually the more I look at it the more I'm pretty positive it is a female Stinkpot.

 

[Noto]

I agree, but I'd still like to see a shot of the plastron (lower shell). That will let us determine the species conclusively.