Guadalupe Spiny Softshell Turtle

Guadalupe Spiny Softshell Turtle

Taxobox
name = Guadalupe Spiny Softshell Turtle
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Trionychidae
genus = "Apalone"
species = "A. spinifera"
subspecies = "A. s. guadalupensis"
trinomial = "Apalone spinifera guadalupensis"
trinomial_authority = Webb, 1962
The Guadalupe Spiny Softshell Turtle ("Apalone spinifera guadalupensis") is a subspecies of softshelled turtle native to the United States, in the state of Texas. Their range is limited only to the Nueces and Guadalupe rivers, and their immediate tributaries.

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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