Texas spiny softshell turtle

Apalone spinifera emoryi
Scientific classification
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]
	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;

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.

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.

References

Fritz 2007, pp. 306–310.
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).

External links

Species Apalone spinifera at The Reptile Database

Turtle Field Guide: Spiny Softshell Subspecies

Bibliography

Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17.

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[Fritz07-1] 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).