Texas spiny softshell turtle

Texas spiny softshell turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
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 — 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 — Schwartz, 1956 Trionyx spinifera emoryi — Minton, 1959 Trionyx spiniferus emoryi — Wermuth & Mertens, 1961 Trionyx spiniferus emoryir 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 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

1. Fritz 2007, pp. 306–310
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. (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).

• 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". Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17.