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Mississippi Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis

Photo by MitchRay
Published on Project Noah
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Shy little gal saved from the road

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Comments (3)
MitchRay
It's a shame to, because they really are neat critters
NeilDazet
The Mud and Musk turtles (Family Kinosternidae) are the Rodney Dangerfields of the turtle world.... they don't get any respect! :) I'm glad a few are showing up on Noah.
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PublishedJune 1, 2011

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