Pallid spiny softshell turtle

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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trionyx spinifer pallidus Webb, 1962
  • Trionyx pallidus Pritchard, 1967
  • Trionyx spiniferus pallidus Pritchard, 1967
  • Apalone spinifera pallida Ernst & Barbour, 1989
  • Apalone spinifera pallidus Stubbs, 1989

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

References

  1. Fritz 2007, pp. 306–310


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