Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille) – Eastern Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus – Eastern Musk Turtle

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     Exact locality, based on specimen(s) or photographs examined
     Exact locality, based on literature record believed valid
     Approximate locality based on specimen(s) or photographs examined
     Approximate locality based on literature record believed valid
     County record only, based on specimens or photographs examined
     County record only, based on literature report believed valid
     Type locality
?      Questionable and/or problematic record

Taxonomy: Sternotherus odoratus has no recognized subspecies (Iverson et al. 2008). 

Distribution: The Eastern Musk Turtle ranges across Tennessee from the Mississippi River to the Unaka Mountains; however it is conspicuously undocumented in many of the central and northeastern counties. 

Museum Records by Counties: BentonAPSU 11942, 14130, 14131.  BradleyUMMZ 59206.  CheathamAPSU 4375, 4464.  ChesterAPSU 19007.  ClaiborneUSNM 86769; CMNH 88176, 88185.  CoffeeAPSU   17680; TU 28975. CrockettAPSU 18923.  CumberlandINHS 13369; LSUMZ 35419, 35420.  DecaturUMMZ 98583, 98584.  DicksonAPSU 3292, 3293.  FranklinCMNH 28970-28972.  GibsonNCSM 60925.  HamiltonFLMNH 33812-33816.  HardemanAPSU 16863; LSUMZ 35415.  HardinUTKVZC 3839.  HaywoodAPSU 16558; UMMZ 99358.  HenryUMMZ 53516.  HoustonAPSU 18362.  HumphreysAPSU 2625; FLMNH 2826.  KnoxUTKVZC 4780.  LakeAPSU 2321, 12399, 12711, 14137, 14138; AUM 3829; CMNH 38485-38487, 73844-73850, 87986-87993, 88008, 88009, 88011-88013, 88127-88134, 88136-88143, 88148-88156, 88173, 94437-94442, 95438, 95442, 95470-95478, 95519, 96086,  101699-101701, 107654, 107708, 108517, 108524-108528, 108608-108618, 150961; INHS 15336-15343;  KU 204363; LSUMZ 52120;  SIUC R-818, R-878, R-879, R-1188-R1195, R-3124, Uncataloged (1 specimen); TTU 273, 445, 511; TU 20497, 20527; UIMNH 342-345, 1218-1225, 15784-15786; 16225, 16267, 16268, 16404, 22613, 22614; USNM 288318; UTKVZC 3877, 4818-20, 6613-15.  LauderdaleNCSM 40864.    Madison—UMMZ 74199, 74200-74202.  McMinnFLMNH 33817.  MonroeFLMNH 33802-33811, UMMZ 172938.  Montgomery—APSU 2225, 2977, 2981, 2982, 3242, 3244, 5078, 5327, 5566.   MorganTTU 594.  ObionAPSU 1003, 2242, 12001, 12004, 14123-14128, 14133, 14136, 14139; CMNH 88215; FLMNH 12968, 12970; KU 88705,159985; MoSU R3491-R3493; SIUC R-582; TU 19316-19319; UIMNH 31, 22615; UMMZ 53201, 53219-53224, 74190-74198.  PolkFLMNH 33818, 33819.  ShelbyAPSU 11939, 11940, 12000, 12002, 12635, 14122, 16935.  StewartAPSU 992, 4470, 5068.  Tipton18900.  WayneAMNH R-114548.  WeakleyAPSU 14134, 14135. 

Literature Sources by Counties: AndersonMeyers-Schöne and Walton (1990). BentonParker (1948).  ChesterReese et al. (2010).  CoffeeNiemiller (2005). FayetteReam (2008).  FranklinMiller et al. (2005).  HamiltonRhoads (1895).  HardemanNorton (1971), Norton and Harvey (1975).  HardinJacob (1981).  HaywoodStanley (2005).  HenryBlanchard (1922).  HumphreysWilliamson (2001a).  LakeParker (1948), Collins et al. (1997), Glorioso (2006), Glorioso and Niemiller (2006).  MarionMoss et al. (2009).  MontgomeryScott (1967), Scott and Snyder (1968), Zirkle (1993), Fitch (1998).  ObionRhoads (1895), Parker (1937a, 1948), Collins et al. (1997).  RheaDunn (1920).  RoaneKrumholz (1954), Johnson (1964), Meyers-Schone and Walton (1990).  RutherfordLimsuwan and Dunn (1977), Limsuwan and Dunn (1978), Cooper and Sharp (1982), Varner (1995), Lamb (1996), Lamb (2001), Glorioso et al. (2005), Glorioso and Niemiller (2006), Niemiller et al. (2011).  ScottGentry (1941).  ShelbyParker (1948).  StewartZirkle (1993). 

Questionable and/or Erroneous Records: None. 

Conservation Status: None. 

Posted: 22 September 2009

Latest Revision: 26 July 2011


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