Spiny Softshell
Apalone spinifera
Photo by E. Eskew
Description: This is a large, flattened turtle whose carapace (top of shell) and plastron (bottom of shell) are covered with skin.
Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera)
Description: Up to 18" carapace length. Carapace olive, brown, or grayish, with dark spots in younger individuals. Shell flattened and covered with soft, leathery skin. Snout long and rounded; lips fleshy.
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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 ).
Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera)
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The Spiny Softshell is from the order Testudines. All turtles are testudines (or Chelonia). There are more than 280 different species belonging to this order.
Reptiles; Spiny Softshell Turtle, Images by Wernher Krutein and PHOTOVAULTŪ ...
Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted ...
Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera ssp.)
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Texas Spiny Softshell
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Eastern Spiny Softshell
Apalone spiniferus spiniferus
photos by Jeff Davis
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The spiny softshell turtle looks a lot like its relative the midland smooth softshell turtle, but there are some differences.
Eastern spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera spinifera
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Where are they found? North America ...
Spiny softshelled turtle
Class: Reptilia
Status: Not listed ; CITES: No special status. COSEWIC: Threatened
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The Spiny Softshell is widely distributed throughout the southern two-thirds of Wisconsin, with spotty distribution in the east. It inhabits most rivers and larger lakes, preferring mud or sand bottoms.
Spiny Softshell
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Spiny Softshell Turtle
Cistuda Blandingii
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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.
Eastern Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera aspera. Fairly common. Inhabits streams and lakes of Tennessee River drainage. Low Conservation Concern.
I have had a spiny softshell turtle now for about, 3 months, he lives in a heated 45 gal tank with 3 other turtles. I have had no problems, and he is definatly fully grown, if anything the turtles are getting along great.
eastern spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera spinifera)
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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 ...
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