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Common Name:
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass:
Class: Reptilia
Subclass:
Order: Testudines
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Apalone spinifera spinifera

Hodges No:

Location:
Pymatuning Reservoir
Crawford County, PA
USA

Date: 7/2/07

Notes:

Apalone spinifera spinifera Trionychidae
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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