Texas spiny softshell turtle

The Texas spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera emoryi) is a subspecies of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The subspecies is native to the southwestern United States.

Apalone spinifera emoryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
Species:
Subspecies:
A. s. emoryi
Trinomial name
Apalone spinifera emoryi
(Agassiz, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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
    Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
  • Trionyx spiniferus emoryir [sic]
    Honegger, 1982 (ex errore)
  • Apalone spinifera emoryi
    Ernst & Barbour, 1989
  • Apalone spinifera emoryi
    Stubbs, 1989

Etymology

The subspecific name, emoryi, is in honor of United States Army officer and surveyor William Hemsley Emory.[2]

Geographic range

A. s. emoryi is found in the states of Texas and New Mexico, in the Rio Grande and its immediate tributaries.

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References

  1. Fritz 2007, pp. 306–310.
  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).

Bibliography

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