Northern spiny softshell turtle
Appearance
Northern spiny softshell turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Trionychidae |
Genus: | Apalone |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | A. s. hartwegi
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Trinomial name | |
Apalone spinifera hartwegi | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The northern spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera hartwegi ) is a subspecies of soft-shelled turtle in the family Trionychidae. The subspecies is native to the western United States, from Arkansas to California.
Etymology
The subpecific name, hartwegi, is in honor of Dr. Norman Edouard Hartweg (1904-1964), who was a specialist in turtles and professor of zoology at the University of Michigan.[1][2]
References
- ^ Fritz & Havaš 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 hartwegi, p. 117).
External links
- Species Apalone spinifera at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Conant R, Goin CJ (1948). "A New Subspecies of Soft-shelled Turtle from the Central United States, with Comments on the Application of the Name Amyda ". Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (510): 1-19. (Amyda spinifera hartwegi, new subspecies).
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 149-368.