Texas spiny softshell turtle

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Texas spiny softshell turtle
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
Species:
A. spinifera
Subspecies:
A. s. emoryi
Trinomial name
Apalone spinifera emoryi
(Agassiz, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Aspidonectes emoryi
    Agassiz, 1857
  • Trionyx emoryi
    — Strauch, 1862
  • Aspidonectes emyda
    Gray, 1870
  • Aspidonectes georgii
    Gray, 1870
  • Platypeltis emoryii [sic]
    — 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
    — A. Schwartz, 1956
  • Trionyx spinifera emoryi
    — Minton, 1959
  • Trionyx spiniferus emoryi
    — & Mertens, 1961
  • Trionyx spiniferus emoryir [sic]
    , 1982 (ex errore)
  • Apalone spinifera emoryi
    — & Barbour, 1989
  • Apalone spinifera emoryi
    — , 1989

The Texas spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera emoryi) is a subspecies of the spiny softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The subspecies is native to the south-western United States. The subspecific name, emoryi, is in honor of United States Army officer and surveyor William Hemsley Emory.[2] A. s. emoryi is found in Texas and New Mexico, in the Rio Grande and its immediate tributaries.

References[]

  1. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 306–310. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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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