Of the mud turtles, one of the most easily recognized is K. baurii, the Striped Mud Turtle. This chelonian is small, even for a mud turtle, reaching a total length of not quite 13 cm. Most individuals have three light stripes running the length of the carapace and a facial stripe between the eye and nose.
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The Striped Mud Turtle is a species of turtle found in the eastern parts of the United States. It is a common species found in freshwater habitats.
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Striped Mud Turtle; Kinosternon bauri ... Throughout much of its range in Florida, the striped mud turtle is characterized by yellow head stripes and three light longitudinal stripes on a dark brown carapace. But individuals most parts of the Carolinas and Georgia lack these stripes, retaining only the light stripe...
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U.S.A. Freshwater Turtles / 3-Striped Mud Turtles - Kinosternon bauri ... Wild Adult 3-Striped Mud Turtle. Note some old shell damage of the carapace. Location: Florida. Photo: Tom C ... back to gallery...
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Three-striped Mud Turtle ... Identification: up to 12 cm. The doubly hinged plastron separates it from the Common and Loggerhead Musk, while the stripes on the carapace differentiate it from the Eastern Mud Turtle. ... Kinosternon baurii Three-striped Mud Turtle Sternotherus m. minor Loggerhead Musk Turtle...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on striped mud turtle (reptile), ...many respects—feeding is almost exclusively so—they are generally poor swimmers and instead prefer to walk along the bottoms of ponds and streams. ... In addition, some species, such as the striped mud turtle (K. baurii),
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The striped mud turtle (Kinosternon bauri) is a smaller, less-seen turtle compared to the sliders and cooters. They spend much of their time in the murky waters, but do still come out from time to time to bask or trek across a dike or near the shore.
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Agkistrodon contortix contortix ... Southern Delaware and adjacent Maryland to the Florida panhandle, west to southeast Missouri, southeast Oklahoma and east Texas; also found in hilly parts of the Carolina Piedmont ... Site design and development by Idea Integration, Inc. Southern Copperhead Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens about...
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This adorably cute little turtle was trying to be inconspicuous by sitting immobile in the grass along an old logging road. But it was pretty conspicuous, being the only turtle-shaped object anywhere around. I had to ... Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles) » Testudines (Turtles and Tortoises) » wildherps.com...
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3:181-324. Lamb, T. 1983. The Striped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon bauri) in South Carolina, A Confirmation Through Multivariate Character Analysis. Herpetologica 39:383-390. Lamb, T., and J. Lovich. 1990. Morphometric validation of the striped mud turtle (KINOSTERNON BAURII) in the Carolinas and Virginia.
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