Biology:Intermediate musk turtle

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Intermediate musk turtle
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Sternotherus
Species:
S. intermedius
Binomial name
Sternotherus intermedius
Scott, Glenn & Rissler, 2017[1]

Sternotherus intermedius is a species of small turtle native to Alabama, United States . It is also known as the aliflora musk turtle or intermediate musk turtle due to its intermediate patterns on the shell.[2] For a long time, it was thought to be a hybrid between the two subspecies of the loggerhead musk turtle (the loggerhead and striped-neck musk turtle), but in 2017, it was declared a new species based on DNA research. It is endemic to the Choctawhatchee River and Conecuh River basins.[3][4]

References

  1. Scott, Peter A.; Glenn, Travis C.; Rissler, Leslie J. (2018). "Resolving taxonomic turbulence and uncovering cryptic diversity in the musk turtles (Sternotherus) using robust demographic modeling". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 1–15. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.11.008. PMID 29158032. 
  2. "New Species Of Turtle Is Discovered In Alabama". NPR. 26 December 2017. https://www.npr.org/2017/12/26/573464366/new-species-of-turtle-is-discovered-in-alabama. Retrieved 27 December 2017. 
  3. "Resolving Taxonomic Turbulence and Uncovering Cryptic Diversity in the Musk Turtles (Sternotherus) Using Robust Demographic Modeling; Sternotherus intermedius". Novataxa. http://novataxa.blogspot.in/2017/12/sternotherus-intermedius.html?m=1. Retrieved 27 December 2017. 
  4. Byington, Pat (16 December 2017). "Meet the intermediate musk turtle, Alabama's newest turtle species". Bham Now. https://bhamnow.com/2017/12/16/turtle/. Retrieved 27 December 2017. 

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