Common Name
stinkpot or common musk turtle

Iowa Range
southeastern Iowa

Habitat
slow moving, muddy-bottomed freshwater

Description
The stinkpot has 2 light stripes on the head and barbels on the chin and throat. Its carapace is olive-brown to dark gray, smooth or with three keels, unserrated, highly domed, and elongated. The small plastron has eleven scutes and a single hinge.