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Spiny Softshell (male)

Apalone spinifera

Photo by AshleyT
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

They have a smooth, brown-gray carapace. They have a long, pointed snout and a long neck. Males are much smaller than the females, we seined up both a male and female in a net, and the male was about 1/3 the size of the female, Here she is: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/19516192 They were returned safely to the water after pictures.

Habitat:

Found in freshwater throughout much of North America.

Reference Links:

Spiny softshell turtle

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Comments (2)
AshleyT
Texas is very cool! Glad you love the app and are learning new things :)
katmc2020
OMG! And I thought that Texas was really boring and every other country was a lot more exiting but I learned more history and saw all the cool animals in Texas with this app and now I can know that Texas is cool!

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