Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle
- Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle
Taxobox
name = Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Trionychidae
genus = "Apalone"
species = "A. spinifera"
subspecies = "A. s. emoryi"
trinomial = "Apalone spinifera emoryi"
trinomial_authority = Agassiz, 1857
synonyms = "Aspidonectes emoryi"
"Aspidonectes emyda"
"Aspidonectes georgii"
"Aspidonectes californiana"
"Trionyx emoryi"
"Trionyx spiniferus emoryi"The Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle ("Apalone spinifera emoryi") is a subspecies of softshelled turtle native to the United States, in the state of Texas. They range in the states of Texas and New Mexico, in the Rio Grande River and its 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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