Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle

Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle

Taxobox
name = Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Trionychidae
genus = "Apalone"
species = "A. spinifera"
subspecies = "A. s. aspera"
trinomial = "Apalone spinifera aspera"
trinomial_authority = Agassiz, 1857
synonyms = "Aspidonectes asper"
"Platypeltis agassizii"
"Amyda spinifera aspera"
"Trionyx spiniferus asper"

The Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle ("Apalone spinifera aspera") is a subspecies of softshelled turtle native to the United States. It is found in fresh water rivers along the Gulf of Mexico from North Carolina to Mississippi.

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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