Giant Musk Turtle

Taxobox
name = Giant Musk Turtle


status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Kinosternidae
genus = "Staurotypus"
species = "S. salvinii"
binomial = "Staurotypus salvinii"
binomial_authority = Gray, 1864
synonyms = The Giant Musk Turtle ("Staurotypus salvinii") is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico.

ource

* Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20715/all Staurotypus salvinii] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.