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* ''Sternothaerus minor peltifer'' <br>{{small|— Tinkle, 1958}}
* ''Kinosternon minor peltifer'' <br>{{small|— Ernst & R. Barbour, 1989}} -->
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The '''loggerhead musk turtle''' (''Sternotherus minor)'' is a [[species]] of [[turtle]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Kinosternidae]]. This turtle has a large head which has a light-colored background with dark spots or stripes present on the head and neck.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Buhlmann|first=Kurt A.|last2=Tuberville|first2=Tracey|last3=Gibbons|first3=Whit|author3-link=J. Whitfield Gibbons|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/263712429|title=Turtles of the Southeast|date=2008|___location=Athens, Georgia|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-2902-4|oclc=263712429}}</ref> The average size of an adult loggerhead musk turtle is about {{convert|3|–|5|in|cm|abbr=on}} in straight [[carapace]] length.<ref name=":0" />
The species is native to the southern [[United States]], being found in [[river]]s, [[wetland]]s, and [[stream]]s in the states of [[Alabama]], [[Florida]], and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Sternotherus|species=minor}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref><ref name=":2">[[species:Peter Paul van Dijk|van Dijk, P.P.]] (2011). "''Sternotherus minor'' (errata version published in 2016)". The [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species 2011: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T170493A6781671.en. Accessed on 03 March 2020.</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite book|last=Powell|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Powell (herpetologist)|last2=Conant|first2=Roger|author2-link=Roger Conant (herpetologist)|last3=Collins|first3=Joseph T.|author3-link=Joseph T. Collins|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/913923783|title=Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America|date=2016|isbn=978-0-544-12997-9|edition=Fourth|___location=Boston and New York|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|oclc=913923783}}</ref> The diet of an adult loggerhead musk turtles consists mostly of [[clam]]s and [[snail]]s.<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal|last=Pfaller|first=Joseph Bryce|date=2009|title=Bite-Force Generation and Feeding Biomechanics in the Loggerhead Musk Turtle, ''Sternotherus minor'' : Implications for the Ontogeny of Performance|url=https://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A176434/|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last1=Cox|first1=William A.|last2=Wyatt|first2=Steven T.|last3=Wilhelm|first3=Walter E.|last4=Marion|first4=Ken R.|date=December 1988|title=Infection of the Turtle, ''Sternotherus minor'', by the Lung Fluke, ''Heronimus mollis'': Incidence of Infection and Correlations to Host Life History and Ecology in a Florida Spring|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1564348|journal=Journal of Herpetology|volume=22|issue=4|pages=488|doi=10.2307/1564348|jstor=1564348|issn=0022-1511}}</ref>
As of 2016 the [[conservation status]] of the loggerhead musk turtle is "[[Least-concern species|Least Concern]]", and its common threats include [[Habitat destruction|habitat loss]] and human interactions such as car or boating accidents.<ref name=":2" />
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==Geographic distribution==
''S. minor'' is found in freshwaters of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.<ref name=RDB/><ref name=":2" />It occurs in the [[Ogeechee River|Ogeechee]], [[Altamaha River|Altamaha]], and [[Apalachicola River|Apalachicola]] river systems.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite journal|last=Iverson|first=John B.|author-link=species:John B. Iverson|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> <!-- ''S. 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=":12" /><ref name=":6" /> --> It shares parts of its range in southeast Alabama, west Florida, and west Georgia with the [[stripeneck musk turtle]] (''Sternotherus peltifer''), and both species can be found in rivers such as the [[Choctawhatchee River|Choctawhatchee]] and [[Perdido River|Perdido]].<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":6" />[[File:Sternothernus minor.jpg|thumb|Closeup of head of an adult ''Sternotherus minor''|center]]
==Habitat==
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