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Florida softshell turtle
Conservation status
Florida softshell turtle
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
Species:
A. ferox
Binomial name
Apalone ferox
(Schneider, 1783)
Florida softshell turtle range[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Testudo ferox Schneider, 1783
  • Testudo mollis Lacépède, 1788
  • Testudo bartrami Daudin, 1801
  • Emydes ferox — Brongniart, 1805
  • Chelys bartramii
    Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
    (ex errore)
  • Trionyx carinatus
    Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
  • Trionyx georgianus
    Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
  • Trionyx georgicus
    Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
  • Trionyx brongniarti
    Schweigger, 1812
  • Trionyx ferox — Schweigger, 1812
  • Amyda ferox — Oken, 1816
  • Trionix ferox — Gray, 1825
  • Aspidonectes carinatus
    — Wagler, 1830
  • Aspidonectes ferox
    — Wagler, 1830
  • Trionyx bartrami
    — LeConte, 1830
  • Testudo brongniartii Gray, 1831 (ex errore)
  • Mesodeca bartrami
    — Rafinesque, 1832
  • Testudo bartramii
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Trionyx brongnartii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
    (ex errore)
  • Trionyx harlani Bell, 1835
  • Platypeltis ferox
    — Fitzinger, 1843
  • Aspenodectes ferox
    — LeConte, 1854
  • Platypeltis brongnartii
    — O.P. Hay, 1903
  • Platypeltis erox O.P. Hay, 1903 (ex errore)
  • Amyda ferox ferox — Neill, 1951
  • Trionyx ferox ferox
    — Schmidt, 1953
  • Apalone ferox — Meylan, 1987
  • Trionix feroz Richard, 1999
    (ex errore)

The Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is native to the Southeastern United States.[4][5]

  1. ^ van Dijk, P.P. (2011). Apalone ferox. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey (2017). "Florida Softshell (Apalone ferox) rFLSOx_CONUS_2001v1 Range Map". Gap Analysis Project. doi:10.5066/F78051R8.
  3. ^ Fritz, U.; Havaš, P. (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 305–306. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Rafinesque, Constantine S. "12. Description of two new genera of Soft Shell Turtles of North America." Atlantic Journal, and Friend of Knowledge. In Eight Numbers. Containing About 160 Original Articles and Tracts on Natural and Historical Sciences, the Description of About 150 New Plants, and 100 New Animals or Fossils. Many Vocabularies of Languages, Historical and Geological Facts, &c.(1832-1833) 1.2 (1832): 64.

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