Sternotherus peltifer
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The stripeneck musk turtle (Sternotherus peltifer) is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae from the southeastern United States. Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Stripe-necked Musk Turtle sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 27 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Stripe-necked Musk Turtle in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to March, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stripe-necked Musk Turtle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Stripe-necked Musk Turtle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stripe-necked Musk Turtle is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (54 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
