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Giant Musk Turtles
Staurotypus
Staurotypus is a genus of aquatic turtles commonly known as Mexican musk turtles, giant musk turtles, or three-keeled musk turtles. The two recognized species are found in Mexico and Central America.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
Mexican Giant Musk Turtle
speciesStaurotypus triporcatus
Chiapas Giant Musk Turtle
speciesStaurotypus salvinii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39709.