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    Species Accepted

    Apalone ferox (Schneider, 1783)

    Florida Soft-shelled Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Apalone
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Florida Soft-shelled Turtle English
      Florida Softshell English
      Florida Softshell Turtle English
      Florida-Weichschildkröte German
      Florida-blødskildpadde Danish
      Tartaruga-de-casco-mole-americana Portuguese
      Tortue molle de Floride French
      floridai lágyhéjúteknős Hungarian
      kožnatka floridská Czech
      tortuga de caparazón blando de Florida Spanish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      72 results
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      Taylor, M. and R. W. Mendyk. (2017). Apalone ferox (Florida Softshell Turtle) Kyphosis. Herpetological Review 48 (2): 418-419.
      Brown, M K & Tuberville, T D; (2019). Apalone ferox (Florida Softshell Turtle) Behavior. Herpetological Review 50 (2): 345-347.
      Krysko, K.K.; Enge, K.M.; Donlan, E.M.; Golden, E.Z.; Burgess, J.P. & Larson, K.W. (2009). THE NON-MARINE HERPETOFAUNA OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA. Herp. Cons. Biol. 5 (1):132-142.
      Heaton, A J & Moreno, N A; (2019). Apalone ferox (Florida Softshell) Diet. Herpetological Review 50 (1): 115-116.
      Aresco, Matthew J.; Joseph Travis, and Pamela S. D. MacRae. (2015). Trophic Interactions of Turtles in a North Florida Lake Food Web: Prevalence of Omnivory. Copeia 2015 (2): 343-356.
      TTWG [Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, Anders G.J. Rhodin, H. Bradley Shaffer, and Roger Bour]. (2014). Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with Maps, and Conservation Status. 000.v7. Chelonian Research Monographs (ISSN 1088-7105) No. 5, Doi:10.3854/Crm.5.000.Checklist.V7.2014.
      Daudin, F. M. (1801) Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere des Reptiles. Tome Second. Imprimerie F. Dufart, Paris, 432 pp.
      TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. (2021). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. Doi:10.3854/Crm.8.Checklist.Atlas.V9.2021.
      Hallmen, M. (2006). Selective Breeding for color and pattern. Reptilia (GB) (44): 12-18.

      Citation

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