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Sternotherus odoratus
Common Musk Turtle, Eastern Musk Turtle, Musk Turtle, Stinkpot
Prince William Forest Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille in Sonnini and Latreille, 1801)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:		Sternetherus edertus

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Testudines, Suborder Cryptodira, Family Kinosternidae, Genus Sternotherus, Species Sternotherus odoratus


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		VA: S5
Evidence:		1 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Blue Ridge Parkway
Buffalo National River	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cowpens National Battlefield	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	Everglades National Park
First State National Historical Park	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Moores Creek National Battlefield
Morristown National Historical Park	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Capital Parks-East	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Piscataway Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Stones River National Battlefield	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Vicksburg National Military Park


Last Modified Date:	8/29/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/7/2025 5:31:45 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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