Northern spiny softshell turtle

Northern spiny softshell turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Apalone
Species:	A. spinifera
Subspecies:	A. s. hartwegi
Trinomial name
	Apalone spinifera hartwegi; (Conant & Goin, 1948)
Synonyms
	Amyda spinifera hartwegi; Conant & Goin, 1948; Amyda ferox hartwegi; — Neill, 1951; Trionyx ferox hartwegi; — Schmidt, 1953; Trionyx spinifer hartwegi; — Schwartz, 1956; Trionyx spiniferus hartwegi; — Wermuth & Mertens, 1961; Trionyx spiniferus bartwegi [sic]; Curds & Knott, 1971; (ex errore); Apalone spinifera hartwegi; — Ernst & Barbour, 1989; Apalone spinifera hartwegi; — Stubbs, 1989;

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The northern spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera hartwegi ) is a subspecies of soft-shelled turtle native to the western United States, from Arkansas to California.

Etymology

The subpecific name, hartwegi, is in honor of Dr. Norman Edouard Hartweg (1904-1964), who was a specialist in turtles and professor of zoology at the University of Michigan.^[1]^[2]

↑ Fritz 2007, pp. 306–310
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Apalone spinifera hartwegi, p. 117).

v t e Turtle family Trionychidae
Genus	Species of the subfamily Cyclanorbinae
Cyclanorbis	Nubian flapshell turtle Senegal flapshell turtle
Cycloderma	Aubry's flapshell turtle Zambezi flapshell turtle
Lissemys	Burmese flapshell turtle Indian flapshell turtle Sri Lankan flapshell turtle
	Species of the subfamily Trionychinae
Amyda	Asiatic softshell turtle
Apalone	Florida softshell turtle Smooth softshell turtle Spiny softshell turtle
Chitra	Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle
Dogania	Malayan softshell turtle
Nilssonia	Black softshell turtle Burmese peacock softshell Indian softshell turtle Indian peacock softshell turtle Leith's softshell turtle
Palea	Wattle-necked softshell turtle
Pelochelys	Cantor's giant softshell turtle New Guinea giant softshell turtle Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle
Pelodiscus	Chinese softshell turtle Hunan softshell turtle Lesser Chinese softshell turtle Northern Chinese softshell turtle
Rafetus	Euphrates softshell turtle Yangtze giant softshell turtle
Trionyx	African softshell turtle
Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist.