Guadalupe spiny softshell turtle
Subspecies of turtle
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The Guadalupe spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera guadalupensis) is a subspecies of soft-shelled turtle native to the United States, in the state of Texas.[1] Their range is limited only to the Nueces and Guadalupe rivers, and their immediate tributaries.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Trionychidae |
| Genus: | Apalone |
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| Subspecies: | A. s. guadalupensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Apalone spinifera guadalupensis (Webb, 1962) | |
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