Flattened Musk Turtle
Admittedly, I chose this turtle because I found its species name—Sternotherus depressus—to be kind of funny. (Leave me alone.) But these little guys are pretty cool: they live only in the Black Warrior river in Alabama and are the only aquatic turtle in the state, as well as the only endemic reptile. Its habitat has been decimated by coal strip-mining operations in the state, as well as runoff from coal mines.
