Mexican musk turtle

Mexican musk turtle
Mexican musk turtle
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Staurotypus
Species: S. triporcatus
Binomial name
Staurotypus triporcatus
(Wiegmann, 1828)

The Mexican musk turtle (Staurotypus triporcatus) or narrow-bridged musk turtle is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.

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