Mississippi Musk Turtle Species Profile

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Mississippi Musk Turtle Species Introduction of Mississippi Musk Turtles
Mississippi Musk Turtles

Mississippi Musk Turtles are often called small egg turtles. Egg turtles are a relatively rare species. They are not expensive and are hassle-free to raise. Therefore, they are often used as an entry-level species of egg turtles and are deeply loved by everyone.

Chinese name:Mississippi Musk Turtle

Famous name: Sternotherus Odoratus(Mississippi)

English name: Mississippi Common Musk Turtle

Alternative names: Musk turtle, egg turtle, black egg turtle, common mud turtle, black egg, little stink bomb, white-browed turtle, white-browed leaf turtle

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Subphylum:Vertebrate subphylum

Class: strong>Protozoa

Subclass:Anaplasma, also known as Anaplasma

Order: Turtles

Family: Celidae

< p style="text-indent:28px">Genus:Musk Turtle

Species:Little Musk Turtle

< p style="text-indent:28px">Dispersed: They are widely distributed in southern Canada, the northeast and southeast of the United States. In the United States, they mainly live in the Wisconsin River and close to the Mississippi River. In backflow areas, swamps, pools and ditches

Characteristics: It is a kind of neurotic and introverted, cruel character and nature. A nocturnal, small carnivorous lake turtle that likes to move underwater.

Physical characteristics:This small musk turtle is the longest. At about 13 centimeters, the carapace is gray and oval in shape, with a relatively raised top, a small plastron, a gray-white head with black spots, and two off-white or light yellow lines on each side from the snout. It spreads to the neck. It has a sharp snout, strange eyes, cruel appearance, flat hands and feet, webbed fingers and toes, and is good at swimming.

Customs:Depending on the latitude, the nesting period ranges from mid-spring to June. The eggs are laid underwater and are oval in shape, 1 1/8" (27 mm) long. ), the shell is thick, off-white, with a pure white band. The eggs are laid in shallow nests under old tree stumps or within the walls of muskrat dens. The incubation period is 9 to 12 weeks.

Resting situation: Fresh water; prefers calm, slow-flowing waters with muddy bottom. 


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