Guadalupe Spiny Softshell Turtle

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Guadalupe Spiny Softshell Turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
Species: A. spinifera
Subspecies: A. s. guadalupensis
Trinomial name
Apalone spinifera guadalupensis
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.

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