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Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle

Apalone spinifera

Photo by Cartosequoit
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Field Notes

Description:

Caught this one sunning itself in a gravel area off the Lost Valley Road bridge. It stayed calm, never retreating its appendages. Shell was perhaps one foot square.

Habitat:

Riverine

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Spiny softshell turtle

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