Apalone spinifera hartwegi — Details

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Distribution

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endemic to a single nation

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National Distribution

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United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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Paratype for Apalone spinifera hartwegi
Catalog Number: USNM 123446
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
Sex/Stage: Male;
Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1945
Locality: Topeka, Kansas River, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, North America
  • Paratype: Conant, R. & Goin, C. J. 1948. Occ. Paps. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (510): 1.
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Paratype for Apalone spinifera hartwegi
Catalog Number: USNM 91022
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
Sex/Stage: ; Juvenile
Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: Winfield, 5 mi NE of, Cowley, Kansas, United States, North America
  • Paratype: Conant, R. & Goin, C. J. 1948. Occ. Paps. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (510): 1.
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Paratype for Apalone spinifera hartwegi
Catalog Number: USNM 55683
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
Sex/Stage: Male;
Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1912
Locality: No Further Locality Data, Greenwood, Kansas, United States, North America
  • Paratype: Conant, R. & Goin, C. J. 1948. Occ. Paps. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (510): 1.
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Paratype for Apalone spinifera hartwegi
Catalog Number: USNM 100530
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
Sex/Stage: Female;
Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1935
Locality: Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States, North America
  • Paratype: Conant, R. & Goin, C. J. 1948. Occ. Paps. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (510): 1.
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Paratype for Apalone spinifera hartwegi
Catalog Number: USNM 100529
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
Sex/Stage: Male;
Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1935
Locality: Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States, North America
  • Paratype: Conant, R. & Goin, C. J. 1948. Occ. Paps. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (510): 1.
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Paratype for Apalone spinifera hartwegi
Catalog Number: USNM 95301
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1934
Locality: Winfield, 11 mi SE of, Cowley, Kansas, United States, North America
  • Paratype: Conant, R. & Goin, C. J. 1948. Occ. Paps. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (510): 1.
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Conservation

Conservation Status

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Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

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Rounded Global Status Rank: T5 - Secure

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Northern spiny softshell turtle

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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. The epithet hartwegi is in honor of Dr. Norman Edouard Hartweg, a specialist in turtles and professor of zoology at the University of Michigan.[1]

References

  1. ^ Fritz 2007, pp. 306–310
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