Western Spiny Softshell Turtle
- Western Spiny Softshell Turtle
Taxobox
name = Western Spiny Softshell Turtle
status= CR
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Trionychidae
genus = "Apalone"
species = "A. spinifera"
subspecies = "A. s. hartwegi"
trinomial = "Apalone spinifera hartwegi"
trinomial_authority = Conant & Goin, 1941
synonyms = "Amyda spinifera hartwegi"
"Trionyx spiniferus hartwegi"The Western Spiny Softshell Turtle ("Apalone spinifera hartwegi") is a subspecies of softshelled 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. [http://ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx.html]
References
*EMBL species|genus=Apalone|species=spinifera
* [http://www.geocities.com/turtlestevesplace/turtle/guide/ts.html Turtle Field Guide: Spiny Softshell Subspecies]
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