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Folkerts, G. W. (1968). Food habits of the stripe-necked musk turtle, sternotherus minor peltifer smith & glass. Journal of Herpetology, 2(3/4), 171–173.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Folkerts1968 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Ernährung = nutrition, Habitat = habitat, Kinosternidae, Nordamerika = North America, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Sternotherus, Sternotherus minor Creators: Folkerts Collection: Journal of Herpetology |
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Sternotherus minor It is unknown if they eat rocks purposely or not, as does the ornate box turtle. S. minor are carnivorous but may take plant material on occassion. The freshwater mollusks Oxytrema simplex and Pleurocera unciale and the remains of a large beetle were found in the feces of one individual. Folkers (1968) found the following prey in an Alabama sample: algae, aquatic plants, mollusks, mostly Oxytrema, crustaceans, adults and larvae of bettles, true bugs, mayflies, odonates, and stoneflies, larvae of caddisflies, neuropterans, adult flies, and spiders. He observed adults biting clumps of algae covered with small snails. Freshwater mollusks (69.5) and insects (15.6%) comprised the bulk of the diet. Tinkle (1958) adds crayfish and fish (carrion?). As these turtles grow, they develop expanded crushing surfaces in both jaws and enlarged jaw muscles; this is apparently in response to eating largely mollusks
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