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Intermediate Musk Turtle
Sternotherus intermedius Scott, Glenn, and Rissler, 2018

Current SSAR Comments:
Named by Scott et al. (2018, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 1–15) for its historic recognition as a hypothetical "intermediate" form between S. peltifer and S. minor (e.g., Ernst et al., 1988, The American Midland Naturalist 120: 282–288) and supported by Rhodin et al. (2021, Chelonian Research Monographs (8): 1–472).

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Intermediate Musk Turtle (Sternotherus intermedius: Rhodin, Anders G. J., John B. Iverson, Roger Bour, Uwe Fritz, Arthur Georges, H. Bradley Shaffer, and Peter Paul van Dijk. 2021. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: First checklist and review of extinct pleistocene and holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs (8):1-472);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1988 Ernst, Carl H., John L. Miller, Ken R. Marion, and William A. Cox. Comparisons of shell morphology among turtles of the Kinosternon minor complex. The American Midland Naturalist 120(2):282-288
2018 Scott, Peter A., Travis C Glenn, and Leslie J Rissler. Resolving taxonomic turbulence and uncovering cryptic diversity in the Musk Turtles (Sternotherus) using robust demographic modeling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120():1-15
2021 Rhodin, Anders G. J., John B. Iverson, Roger Bour, Uwe Fritz, Arthur Georges, H. Bradley Shaffer, and Peter Paul van Dijk. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: First checklist and review of extinct pleistocene and holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs (8):1-472

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