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Apalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Trionychidae
genus
Apalone
species
Apalone spinifera

Name

Synonyms
Amyda ferox spinifera (Le Sueur, 1827)
Amyda spinifera
Amyda spinifera hartwegi Conant & Goin, 1948
Apalone hudsonica Rafinesque, 1832
Apalone spinifera ater Webb & Legler, 1960
Aspidonectes asper Agassiz, 1857
Aspidonectes californiana Rivers, 1889
Aspidonectes emoryi Agassiz, 1857
Aspidonectes emyda Gray, 1870
Aspidonectes georgii Gray, 1870
Aspidonectes nuchalis Agassiz, 1857
Gymnopus olivaceus Wied, 1865
Platypeltis agassizii Baur, 1888
Trionyx annulifer Wied, 1839
Trionyx ater Webb & Legler, 1960
Trionyx ferox spinifera Le Sueur, 1827
Trionyx ocellatus Le Sueur, 1827
Trionyx ocellatus Lesueur
Trionyx spinifer (LeSueur, 1827)
Trionyx spiniferus Lesueur, 1827
Homonyms
Apalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827)
Common names
Black Spiny Softshell Turtle in English
Cuatro Cienegas Softshell in English
Dornrand-Weichschildkröte in German
Dornrand-Weichschildkröte in German
Eastern Spiny Softshell in language.
Eastern Spiny Softshell in language.
Guadalupe Spiny Softshell in language.
Guadalupe Spiny Softshell in language.
Guadalupe Spiny Softshell Turtle in English
Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell in language.
Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell in language.
Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle in English
Northern Spiny Softshell Turtle in English
Pallid Spiny Softshell in language.
Pallid Spiny Softshell in language.
Pallid Spiny Softshell Turtle in English
Spiny Softshell in English
Spiny Softshell in language.
Spiny Softshell in language.
Spiny Softshell in English
Spiny Softshell Turtle in English
Spiny Softshell Turtle in English
Spiny Softshell Turtle in English
Spiny softshell in English
Tartaruga-de-casco-mole-espinhosa in Portuguese
Texas Spiny Softshell in language.
Texas Spiny Softshell in language.
Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle in English
Tornet Blødskildpadde in Danish
Tortue molle à épines in French
Tortue épineuse in French
Tortuga casco suave espinosa in Spanish
Tortuga de Concha Blanda in Spanish
Tortuga de Concha Blanda in Spanish
Tortuga-casco suave espinosa in Spanish
Tortuga-casco suave espinosa in Spanish
Trionyx épineux (Le) in French
Trionyx épineux (Le) in French
Western Spiny Softshell in language.
Western Spiny Softshell in language.
kožnatka trnitá in Czech
spiny softshell turtle in English
tortue-molle à épines in French
tortue-molle à épines in French
tüskés lágyhéjúteknős in Hungarian
Колючий трионикс in Russian
سلحفاة لينة الدرقة الشائكة in Arabic
トゲスッポン in Japanese
刺鱉 in Chinese
Spiny Softshell Turtle in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Aronsson (2016) Exceldokument: Främmande arter grunddata.xls Skapat 2016-10-25
  2. Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Kevin de Queiroz, et al., 2012: Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding, Seventh Ed.. Herpetological Circular, no. 39. 1-92.
  3. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  4. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  5. Kraus (2009), https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781402089459
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  8. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
  9. Uetz & Hallermann (2017) The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg
  10. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
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