| Northern spiny softshell turtle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Trionychidae |
| Genus: | Apalone |
| Species: | A. spinifera |
| Subspecies: | A. s. hartwegi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Apalone spinifera hartwegi (Conant & Goin, 1941) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Amyda spinifera hartwegi Conant & Goin, 1941 |
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The northern spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera hartwegi) is a subspecies of soft-shelled turtle native to the western United States, from Arkansas to California. The epithet hartwegi is in honor of Dr. Norman Edouard Hartweg, a specialist in turtles and professor of zoology at the University of Michigan.[1]
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