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Hi all, I'm new here, and I need help identifying this young turtle! I was told it's a stinkpot, and the plastron certainly fits the bill, but the absence of stripes on his head confuses me. Could this be a hybrid, and if so, of what?
Any thoughts or help on the matter would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
That is a young adult female common musk turtle. Stinkpot is also correct.
But they sometimes don't have the head stripes. Hybrid? Its possible but more likely she is just a 'muddy' looking one.
Looks more like a mud to me Kinosternon subrubrum
Sorry, Rick D. had to set me straight. Based on the plastron pectoral scutes that could only be a musk turtle.
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