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American Softshells
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American Softshells

Apalone

Apalone is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae. The three species of Apalone are native to freshwater habitats in North America; they are the only living softshell turtles from the Americas (other American softshell turtles are only known from fossil remains).

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Spiny Softshell

speciesApalone spinifera

Florida Softshell Turtle

speciesApalone ferox

Smooth Softshell

speciesApalone mutica

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39555.