Northern spiny softshell turtle

Northern spiny softshell turtle
Northern spiny softshell turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
Species: A. spinifera
Subspecies: A. s. hartwegi
Trinomial name
Apalone spinifera hartwegi
(Conant & Goin, 1941)
Synonyms

Amyda spinifera hartwegi Conant & Goin, 1941
Trionyx spiniferus hartwegi

The northern spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera hartwegi) is a subspecies of soft-shelled turtle native to the western United States, from Arkansas to California. The epithet hartwegi is in honor of Dr. Norman Edouard Hartweg, a specialist in turtles and professor of zoology at the University of Michigan.[1]

References

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