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

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

  1. Fritz 2007, pp. 306–310
  2. 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).


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