Texas spiny softshell turtle

Texas spiny softshell turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
Species: A. spinifera
Subspecies: A. s. emoryi
Trinomial name
Apalone spinifera emoryi
(Agassiz, 1857)
Synonyms

Aspidonectes emoryi Agassiz, 1857
Aspidonectes emyda
Aspidonectes georgii
Aspidonectes californiana
Trionyx emoryi
Trionyx spiniferus emoryi

The Texas spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera emoryi) is a subspecies of softshell turtle native to the United States. They range in the states of Texas and New Mexico, in the Rio Grande River and its immediate tributaries.

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