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Common name: Flattened Musk Turtle Scientific name: Sternotherus depressus Countries of origin: United States of America Habitat: Medium-sized, clean, clear-water streams and small rivers with abundant rock coverage and crevices...

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Beautiful Bale of Bourret’s! Our Turtle Survival Center in South Carolina houses an assurance colony numbering over 60 individuals of this splendid species. Their wild population is nearly gone but...

#turtletuesday Twofer: Part 2 An endemic species of coastal south-central Vietnam, these stripe-faced beauties are, sadly, now one of the rarest turtles in nature. At our Turtle Survival Center in...

#turtletuesday Twofer: Part 1 The Yellow-bellied Slider is arguably one of the most common turtles found in South Carolina, and they find refuge in wetlands on and around the grounds...

What a little stinker! It's Musk Turtle Monday! Did you know that native Common (or Eastern) Musk Turtles find refuge in shallow wetlands on the grounds of our Turtle Survival...