Pallid Spiny Softshell Turtle

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Pallid Spiny Softshell Turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
Species: A. spinifera
Subspecies: A. s. pallida
Trinomial name
Apalone spinifera pallida
Webb, 1962

The Pallid Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera pallida) is a subspecies of softshelled turtle native to the United States, in the states of Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas.

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