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The Florida softshell turtle is a large turtle with a flattened, pancake-like body, a long neck, an elongated head with a long snorkel-like nose, and large webbed feet, each with three claws. While most turtles have hard shells composed of scutes , the Florida softshell turtle has a cartilaginous carapace covered in leathery skin.
Trionychidae is a family of turtles, commonly known as softshell turtles or simply softshells.The family was described by Leopold Fitzinger in 1826. Softshells include some of the world's largest freshwater turtles, though many can adapt to living in highly brackish waters.
The spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera) is a species of softshell turtle, one of the largest freshwater turtle species in North America.Both the common name, spiny softshell, and the specific name, spinifera (spine-bearing), refer to the spiny, cone-like projections on the leading edge of the carapace, which are not scutes (scales).
A. mutica is native to the United States, where it is distributed throughout the central and south-central states. Its natural geographic range extends from western Pennsylvania in the east to New Mexico in the west, as far north as the Dakotas, and south to the westernmost Florida Panhandle, where it is eventually replaced by the Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox).
This is a list of reptiles which are found in the U.S. state of Florida. This list includes both native and introduced species . Introduced species are put on this list only if they have an established population (large breeding population, numerous specimens caught, invasive , etc.).
Joanna Fitzgerald, the director of the von Arx Wildlife Hospital at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, says turtles deserve a better fate on our roads. Ask the Expert: How to help a turtle in ...
Three sea turtles are back in their natural habitats after being rehabilitated at a facility in Florida. All three rehabbed at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on Florida's Gulf Coast after being ...
A living Apalone ferox, or Florida softshell turtle †Florida †Florida caerulea †Floridaceras †Floridachoerus †Floridatragulus; Fontigens – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature; Fossaria †Fossaria cubensis; Fossarus; Fragum; Fulgurofusus; Shell in multiple views of a Fulguropsis whelk ...