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spiny softshell turtle

Apalone spinifera

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42.2025, -88.9893

Field Notes

Description:

flattened shells and pointy noses

Habitat:

the kishwaukee river basking on driftwood

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Spiny softshell turtle

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Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera

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PublishedMarch 21, 2012

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