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What kind of turtle is this in the picture. The person says its a musk turtle but from the pictures of musk turtles i've seen...they are very dark. This is not my turtle. But i'd like to get a similar one to this one with the same coloring.

http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1603&stc=1

it does look like some kind of musk.. or possibly a striped mud turtle.. the color can vary a lot as adults as i understand it.. if you could get a closer pic or one with his head and shell better it might be easier to identify...

this is a link to photos of musk genus.. maybe someone else can identify by that pic though..

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I believe that is one of the Giant Musk Turtles of the Genus Staurotypus. I'm guessing Staurotypus triporcatus, the Mexican Giant Musk Turtle.

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It looks like a Giant Mexican Musk to me.