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Apalone spinifera (Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell; Spiny softshell turtle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Cuatro Ciénegas softshell (Apalone spinifera atra), also called the black spiny softshell, is a subspecies of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It was formerly classified in the genus Trionyx.
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Infraspecies

Apalone spinifera aspera (Gulf Coast spiny softshelled turtle)
Apalone spinifera atra (Black Softshell)
Apalone spinifera emoryi (Texas spiny softshelled turtle)
Apalone spinifera guadalupensis (Guadalupe spiny softshelled turtle)
Apalone spinifera pallida (Pallid spiny softshelled turtle)
Apalone spinifera spinifera (Eastern spiny softshelled turtle)

Attributes

Gestation [2]  60 days
Hibernates [1]  Yes
Litter Size [4]  19
Litters / Year [4]  1.5
Maximum Longevity [3]  25 years
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams
Adult Weight [2]  10.505 lbs (4.765 kg)
Female Weight [2]  10.505 lbs (4.765 kg)
Diet [1]  Carnivore
Female Maturity [3]  9 years
Male Maturity [3]  9 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No

Consumers

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018)
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0