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Sutton, K. K., & Christiansen, J. L. (1999). The habitat and distribution of the stinkpot, sternotherus odoratus, in iowa. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science, 106(3), 63–65.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Sutton1999 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Habitat = habitat, Kinosternidae, Kinosternon, Kinosternon flavescens, Nordamerika = North America, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Sternotherus, Sternotherus odoratus Creators: Christiansen, Sutton Collection: Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science |
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Twenty years of study have shown that the stinkpot, Sternotherus odoratus and the Illinois mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens spooneri) occur in Iowa primarily in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Even though the turtles are found within a kilometer of each other, they are never sympatric. Illinois mud turtles are most often associated with ephemeral ponds and soils of nearly pure sand (Sparta sand and Chelsea loamy fine sand), whereas stinkpots inhabit permanent water, often fed by cold springs, and are limited to sandy, loamy soils (Aquolls and Perks sandy loam). Even though several new localities have been discovered for stinkpots, population densities are very low, and survival of the species in Iowa is tenuous.
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