Guadalupe spiny softshell turtle

The Guadalupe spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera guadalupensis) is a subspecies of soft-shelled turtle native to the United States, in the state of Texas. Their range is limited only to the Nueces and Guadalupe rivers, and their immediate tributaries.

Apalone spinifera guadalupensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
Species:
A. spinifera
Subspecies:
A. s. guadalupensis
Trinomial name
Apalone spinifera guadalupensis
(Webb, 1962)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trionyx spinifer guadalupensis Webb, 1962
  • Trionyx spiniferus guadelupensis Pritchard, 1967 (ex errore)
  • Trionyx spiniferus guadalupensis Webb, 1973
  • Apalone spinifera guadalupensis Ernst & Barbour, 1989
  • Apalone spinifera guadalupensis Stubbs, 1989
  • Apalone spinifera guadelupensis Joseph-Ouni, 2004

References
  1. Fritz 2007, pp. 306–310
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