Spiny Softshell Turtle Species Profile
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Spiny Softshell Turtle
Geographical Range
Southern Canada, eastern and central United States, northern Mexico
Habitat
Rivers, streams, lakes, ponds
Scientific Name
Apalone spinifera
Conservation Status
Not listed by IUCN ...
The Spiny Softshell Turtle, Apalone spinifera, is found west of the Appalachicola and St. Mary's Rivers. Its shell is flat, round and a light grayish brown, looking much like a pancake, with small spines at the edge of the shell by the neck.
Spiny Softshell Turtle
Trionyx spiniferus
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Status The spiny softshell has no status in Minnesota. Description The spiny softshell is a large Minnesota turtle and grows to a carapace length of 17 inches in females (Conant and Collins, 1991 ).
Florida Softshell Turtle
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Florida Softshell Turtle
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Florida softshell turtle
Apalone ferox
The Florida softshell turtle gets its name from the tough, leathery skin covering that extends over its shell.
Eastern spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera spinifera
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Where are they found? North America ...
Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle
Scientific Name: Apalone mutica mutica
Size: 6-13.4 inches (15-34 cm) in length
PA Status: Expedited (Only two records ever recorded)
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Softshell Turtles - Family Trionychidae
Florida Softshell Apalone ferox. Peripheral. Known from only a few localities in southern Baldwin County and extreme southern Coastal Plain in the Yellow and Choctawhatchee River systems.
Spiny Softshell Turtle
Cistuda Blandingii
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Florida Softshell Turtle (Apalone ferox) swimming
Photograph by John J. Mosesso, NBII. License: Public Domain. (view image details)
FLORIDA SOFTSHELL FACTS ...
African softshell turtles (Apalone) lay their eggs near Nile Crocodile nests; when female Nile Crocodiles carry their young safely to water after hatching, ...
Frog-faced softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii)
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An Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) caught by a fisherman in Lao PDR's Attapeu Province.
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Key Facts ...
Description: Like other softshells, the Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) is a large, flat turtle with skin covering its shell (resembling a pancake). It is the bulkiest of the softshell turtles but inhabits the smallest range.
Freshwater turtles are generally smaller, but with the largest species, the Asian softshell turtle Pelochelys cantorii, a few individuals have been reported up to 200 centimetres (6.6 ft).
: The Chinese softshell turtle is an excellent swimmer. Although it occasionally basks on the banks, it tends to remain buried at the bottom of its aquatic habitat for most of the day.
While most freshwater turtles have hard boney shells, three species known as softshell turtles have fleshy shells adapted for swimming. Turtle shells provide protection from predators.
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These softshell turtles are among the many species that take advantage of this. We saw a number of these turtles at a distance, basking on logs or flat rocks or the sandy river bank.
All turtles breathe with lungs, but many aquatic species such as the softshell turtles can absorb oxygen while submerged, ...
The carapace of this turtle is covered in leathery skin bearing spines at the anterior edge, giving it its common name. The eastern spiny softshell turtle is one of the rarest turtles in Canada and is listed as a threatened species by the Committee ...
filmbnatus) Chelidae, New Guinea Side Neck Turtle (Chelodina siebenrocki) Chelidae, Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), Parrot Beaked Tortoise, Razor Backed Musk Turtle (Sternotherus corinatus), Red Eared Turtle, Spiny Softshell Turtle, ...
 See also: Shell, Softshell, Reptile, Turtle, Crocodile
  
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