''Sternotherus minor'' is found in freshwaters throughout the southeast in states such as Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Virginia.<ref name=":2">{{Citejournal|last=Dijk (N/A)|first=Peter Paul van|date=2010-08-01|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Sternotherus minor|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}}</ref>
Distribution may vary depending on the subspecies. ''S. m. minor'' is generally found throughout Georgia and north Florida and can be found in rivers such as the [[Ogeechee River|Ogeechee]], [[Altamaha River|Altamaha]], and [[Apalachicola River|Apalachicola]].<ref name=":112">{{Citebook|last1=Conant|first1=Roger|title=A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians: Eastern and Central North America|last2=Collins|first2=Joseph T.|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|year=1998|isbn=978-0-395-90452-7}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite journal|last=Iverson|first=John B.|date=1977-08-25|title=Geographic Variation in the Musk Turtle, Sternotherus minor|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1443269|journal=Copeia|volume=1977|issue=3|pages=502–517|doi=10.2307/1443269|jstor=1443269|issn=0045-8511}}</ref> The ''S. m. peltifer'' is generally found throughout Alabama, east Mississippi, and east Tennessee and can be found in rivers such as the [[Tennessee River|Tennessee]] and [[Pearl River (Mississippi–Louisiana)|Pearl]].<ref name=":112" /><ref name=":6" /> They share parts of their range in west Georgia, southeast Alabama, and west Florida and can both be found in rivers such as the [[Choctawhatchee River|Choctawhatchee]] and [[Perdido River|Perdido]].<ref name=":112" /><ref name=":6" />[[File:Sternothernus minor.jpg|thumb|Closeup of head of an adult ''Sternotherus minor''|center]]
==Habitat==
''S. minor'' lives in clean freshwater [[Habitat|habitats]] such as springs, [[Stream|streams]], runs, [[Wetland|wetlands]], [[Pond|ponds]], and [[River|rivers]].<ref name=":828">{{Citebook|last=Powell|first=Robert|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/913923783|title=Peterson field guide to reptiles and amphibians of eastern and central North America|date=2016|others=Roger Conant, Joseph T. Collins, Isabelle Hunt Conant, Tom R. Johnson, Errol D. Hooper, Travis William Taggart|isbn=978-0-544-12997-9|edition=Fourth|___location=Boston|oclc=913923783}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Citejournal|last=Dijk (N/A)|first=Peter Paul van|date=2010-08-01|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Sternotherus minor|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}}</ref>
