Texas spiny softshell turtle
Texas spiny softshell turtle |
Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Subphylum: |
Vertebrata |
Class: |
Reptilia |
Order: |
Testudines |
Family: |
Trionychidae |
Genus: |
Apalone |
Species: |
A. spinifera |
Subspecies: |
A. s. emoryi |
Trinomial name |
Apalone spinifera emoryi (Agassiz, 1857) |
Synonyms[1] |
- Aspidonectes emoryi Agassiz, 1857
- Trionyx emoryi
— Strauch, 1862
- Aspidonectes emyda
Gray, 1870
- Aspidonectes georgii
Gray, 1870
- Platypeltis emoryii
— Baur, 1893 (ex errore)
- Platypeltis emoryi
— Siebenrock, 1909
- Amyda emoryi
— Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
- Amyda emoryii
— Strecker, 1927
- Amyda ferox emoryi
— Neill, 1951
- Trionyx ferox emoryi
— Schmidt, 1953
- Trionyx spinifer emoryi
— Schwartz, 1956
- Trionyx spinifera emoryi — Minton, 1959
- Trionyx spiniferus emoryi — Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
- Trionyx spiniferus emoryir Honegger, 1982 (ex errore)
- Apalone spinifera emoryi — Ernst & Barbour, 1989
- Apalone spinifera emoryi — Stubbs, 1989
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The Texas spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera emoryi ) is a subspecies of softshell turtle native to the southwestern United States.
Etymology
The subspecific name, emoryi, is in honor of United States Army officer and surveyor William Hemsley Emory.[2]
Geographic range
A. s. emoryi is found in the states of Texas and New Mexico, in the Rio Grande and its immediate tributaries.
References
- ↑ Fritz 2007, pp. 306–310
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Apalone spinifera emoryi, p. 83).
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 5. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2). Archived from the original on 2010-12-17.
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- Chelonia
- Eretmochelys
- Natator
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