Pallid spiny softshell turtle

Pallid spiny softshell turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Apalone
Species:	A. spinifera
Subspecies:	A. s. pallida
Trinomial name
	Apalone spinifera pallida; (Webb, 1962)
Synonyms
	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 U.S. states of Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. It was first described by Robert G. Webb in 1962.

References[]

^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). pp. 306–310. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

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