Spiny softshell turtle (English Wikipedia)

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Lazure, Louis; Pare, Patrick; Bouthillier, Lyne; Galois, Patrick (2019). Nesting biology and conservation of a northern population of spiny softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) (PDF) (3 ed.). Herpetological Conservation and Biology.

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Plummer, Michael V.; Krementz, David G.; Powell, Larkin A.; Mills, Nathan E. (September 2008). "Effects of Habitat Disturbance on Survival Rates of Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) in an Urban Stream". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 555–563. Bibcode:2008JHerp..42..555P. doi:10.1670/07-217.1. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 51770178.

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Doody, J.S.; Gillingwater, S.D.; Mali, I.; Forstner, M.R.J.; van Dijk, P.P.; Rhodin, A.G.J. (2024). "Apalone spinifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T163451A161722123. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T163451A161722123.en. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
Fritz & Havaš (2007), pp. 306–310. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 149–368. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.
Engstrom, T. (2004). "Multiple data sets, high homoplasy, and the phylogeny of softshell turtles (Testudines: Trionychidae)". Systematic Biology. 53 (5): 693–710. doi:10.1080/10635150490503053. PMID 15545250.
Galois, Patrick; Léveillé, Martin; Bouthillier, Lyne; Daigle, Claude; Parren, Steve; Leveille, Martin (September 2002). "Movement Patterns, Activity, and Home Range of the Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) in Northern Lake Champlain, Quebec, Vermont". Journal of Herpetology. 36 (3): 402. doi:10.2307/1566184. ISSN 0022-1511. JSTOR 1566184.
Plummer, Michael V.; Krementz, David G.; Powell, Larkin A.; Mills, Nathan E. (September 2008). "Effects of Habitat Disturbance on Survival Rates of Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) in an Urban Stream". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 555–563. Bibcode:2008JHerp..42..555P. doi:10.1670/07-217.1. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 51770178.
Cinnamon M. Pace; Richard W. Blob; Mark W. Westneat (1 October 2001). "Comparative kinematics of the forelimb during swimming in red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) and spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera) turtles". J Exp Biol. 204 (19): 3261–3271. Bibcode:2001JExpB.204.3261P. doi:10.1242/jeb.204.19.3261.
Barko, Valerie (2006). "Midland smooth softshell (Apalone mutica) and Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera) Turtles in the Middle Mississippi River: Habitat Associations, Population Structure, and Implications for Conservation". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 5 (2): 225–31. doi:10.2744/1071-8443(2006)5[225:MSSAMA]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85571504.
Plummer, M. (2008). "Effects of habitat disturbance on survival rates of softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) in an urban stream". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 555–563. Bibcode:2008JHerp..42..555P. doi:10.1670/07-217.1. S2CID 51770178.
Williams, T. (1981). "The niches of two sympatric softshell turtles, Trionyx muticus and Trionyx spiniferus, in Iowa". Journal of Herpetology. 15 (3): 303–308. doi:10.2307/1563433. JSTOR 1563433.
Platt, Steven G.; Rainwater, Thomas R. (November 2021). "Observations of a Nuclear–follower Foraging Association between Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) and Fish in an Urban Drainage Canal in Louisiana". Southeastern Naturalist. 20 (4): N108 – N114. doi:10.1656/058.020.0406. ISSN 1528-7092. S2CID 244674573.
Daigle, Claude; Galois, Patrick; Chagnon, Yves (2002). "Nesting activities of an Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle, Apalone spinifera". The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 116 (1): 104–107. doi:10.5962/p.363405.
Tornabene; Bramblett, R.G; Zale, A.V; Leathe, S.A (2018). "Factors Affecting Nesting Ecology of Apalone spinifera in a Northwestern Great Plains River of the United States". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 17 (1): 63–77. Bibcode:2018CConB..17...63T. doi:10.2744/CCB-1298.1. S2CID 90056294.
Greenbaum, Eli; Carr, John L. (2001). "Sexual Differentiation in the Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera), a Species With Genetic Sex Determination". Journal of Experimental Biology. 290 (2): 190–200. Bibcode:2001JEZ...290..190G. doi:10.1002/jez.1049. PMID 11471149.
Plummer, Michael V.; Caleb S. O’Neal (2019). "Aerobic Pushups: Cutaneous Ventilation in Overwintering Smooth Softshell Turtles, Apalone mutica". Journal of Herpetology. 53 (1): 27–31. doi:10.1670/18-038. JSTOR 26908244.
Reese, S. A.; Jackson, D. C.; Ultsch, G. R. (2003). "Hibernation in freshwater turtles: softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) are the most intolerant of anoxia among North American species". Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. 173 (3): 263–268. doi:10.1007/s00360-003-0332-1. PMID 12687397.
Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (2016). "Apalone spinifera ssp. atra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T1820A97408016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T1820A97408016.en. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

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Galois, Patrick; Léveillé, Martin; Bouthillier, Lyne; Daigle, Claude; Parren, Steve; Leveille, Martin (September 2002). "Movement Patterns, Activity, and Home Range of the Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) in Northern Lake Champlain, Quebec, Vermont". Journal of Herpetology. 36 (3): 402. doi:10.2307/1566184. ISSN 0022-1511. JSTOR 1566184.

harding.edu

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Plummer, Michael; Mills, Nathan (2015). Growth and maturity of spiny softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) in a small urban stream (PDF) (2 ed.). Herpetological Conservation and Biology.

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Plummer, Michael V.; Krementz, David G.; Powell, Larkin A.; Mills, Nathan E. (September 2008). "Effects of Habitat Disturbance on Survival Rates of Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) in an Urban Stream". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 555–563. Bibcode:2008JHerp..42..555P. doi:10.1670/07-217.1. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 51770178.
Cinnamon M. Pace; Richard W. Blob; Mark W. Westneat (1 October 2001). "Comparative kinematics of the forelimb during swimming in red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) and spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera) turtles". J Exp Biol. 204 (19): 3261–3271. Bibcode:2001JExpB.204.3261P. doi:10.1242/jeb.204.19.3261.
Plummer, M. (2008). "Effects of habitat disturbance on survival rates of softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) in an urban stream". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 555–563. Bibcode:2008JHerp..42..555P. doi:10.1670/07-217.1. S2CID 51770178.
Tornabene; Bramblett, R.G; Zale, A.V; Leathe, S.A (2018). "Factors Affecting Nesting Ecology of Apalone spinifera in a Northwestern Great Plains River of the United States". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 17 (1): 63–77. Bibcode:2018CConB..17...63T. doi:10.2744/CCB-1298.1. S2CID 90056294.
Greenbaum, Eli; Carr, John L. (2001). "Sexual Differentiation in the Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera), a Species With Genetic Sex Determination". Journal of Experimental Biology. 290 (2): 190–200. Bibcode:2001JEZ...290..190G. doi:10.1002/jez.1049. PMID 11471149.

itis.gov

"Apalone spinifera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

iucnredlist.org

Doody, J.S.; Gillingwater, S.D.; Mali, I.; Forstner, M.R.J.; van Dijk, P.P.; Rhodin, A.G.J. (2024). "Apalone spinifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T163451A161722123. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T163451A161722123.en. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (2016). "Apalone spinifera ssp. atra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T1820A97408016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T1820A97408016.en. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

jstor.org

Galois, Patrick; Léveillé, Martin; Bouthillier, Lyne; Daigle, Claude; Parren, Steve; Leveille, Martin (September 2002). "Movement Patterns, Activity, and Home Range of the Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) in Northern Lake Champlain, Quebec, Vermont". Journal of Herpetology. 36 (3): 402. doi:10.2307/1566184. ISSN 0022-1511. JSTOR 1566184.
Williams, T. (1981). "The niches of two sympatric softshell turtles, Trionyx muticus and Trionyx spiniferus, in Iowa". Journal of Herpetology. 15 (3): 303–308. doi:10.2307/1563433. JSTOR 1563433.
Robinson, Keith M.; George G. Murphy (1978). "The Reproductive Cycle of the Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Trionyx spiniferus spiniferus)". Herpetologica. 34 (2): 37–140. JSTOR 3891665.
Plummer, Michael V.; Caleb S. O’Neal (2019). "Aerobic Pushups: Cutaneous Ventilation in Overwintering Smooth Softshell Turtles, Apalone mutica". Journal of Herpetology. 53 (1): 27–31. doi:10.1670/18-038. JSTOR 26908244.

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"NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 24 April 2025.

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Engstrom, T. (2004). "Multiple data sets, high homoplasy, and the phylogeny of softshell turtles (Testudines: Trionychidae)". Systematic Biology. 53 (5): 693–710. doi:10.1080/10635150490503053. PMID 15545250.
Greenbaum, Eli; Carr, John L. (2001). "Sexual Differentiation in the Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera), a Species With Genetic Sex Determination". Journal of Experimental Biology. 290 (2): 190–200. Bibcode:2001JEZ...290..190G. doi:10.1002/jez.1049. PMID 11471149.
Reese, S. A.; Jackson, D. C.; Ultsch, G. R. (2003). "Hibernation in freshwater turtles: softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) are the most intolerant of anoxia among North American species". Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. 173 (3): 263–268. doi:10.1007/s00360-003-0332-1. PMID 12687397.

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Lovell, Mailing Address: Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area South District Visitor Center 20 US Hwy 14A; Lovell, WY 82431 Phone: 307 548-5406548-5406 is the South District in; Us, WY Contact. "Spiny Softshell Turtle - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 24 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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"Spiny Softshell". OntarioNature. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

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Anderson, Noah. "Biomechanics of Feeding and Neck Motion in the Softshell Turtle, Apalone spinifera, Rafinesque". ProQuest 305062583 – via ProQuest.

reptarium.cz

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Species Apalone spinifera at The Reptile Database .

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Species Apalone spinifera at The Reptile Database .

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Fritz & Havaš (2007), pp. 306–310. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 149–368. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.
Plummer, Michael V.; Krementz, David G.; Powell, Larkin A.; Mills, Nathan E. (September 2008). "Effects of Habitat Disturbance on Survival Rates of Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) in an Urban Stream". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 555–563. Bibcode:2008JHerp..42..555P. doi:10.1670/07-217.1. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 51770178.
Barko, Valerie (2006). "Midland smooth softshell (Apalone mutica) and Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera) Turtles in the Middle Mississippi River: Habitat Associations, Population Structure, and Implications for Conservation". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 5 (2): 225–31. doi:10.2744/1071-8443(2006)5[225:MSSAMA]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85571504.
Plummer, M. (2008). "Effects of habitat disturbance on survival rates of softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) in an urban stream". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 555–563. Bibcode:2008JHerp..42..555P. doi:10.1670/07-217.1. S2CID 51770178.
Platt, Steven G.; Rainwater, Thomas R. (November 2021). "Observations of a Nuclear–follower Foraging Association between Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) and Fish in an Urban Drainage Canal in Louisiana". Southeastern Naturalist. 20 (4): N108 – N114. doi:10.1656/058.020.0406. ISSN 1528-7092. S2CID 244674573.
Tornabene; Bramblett, R.G; Zale, A.V; Leathe, S.A (2018). "Factors Affecting Nesting Ecology of Apalone spinifera in a Northwestern Great Plains River of the United States". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 17 (1): 63–77. Bibcode:2018CConB..17...63T. doi:10.2744/CCB-1298.1. S2CID 90056294.

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Plummer, M. (2008). "Effects of habitat disturbance on survival rates of softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) in an urban stream". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 555–563. Bibcode:2008JHerp..42..555P. doi:10.1670/07-217.1. S2CID 51770178.

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Daniel, W.M.; Morningstar, C.M.; Somma, L.A. (1 March 2019). "Apalone Spinifera (Sesueur, 1827): U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database". USGS. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
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Galois, Patrick; Léveillé, Martin; Bouthillier, Lyne; Daigle, Claude; Parren, Steve; Leveille, Martin (September 2002). "Movement Patterns, Activity, and Home Range of the Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) in Northern Lake Champlain, Quebec, Vermont". Journal of Herpetology. 36 (3): 402. doi:10.2307/1566184. ISSN 0022-1511. JSTOR 1566184.
Plummer, Michael V.; Krementz, David G.; Powell, Larkin A.; Mills, Nathan E. (September 2008). "Effects of Habitat Disturbance on Survival Rates of Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) in an Urban Stream". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 555–563. Bibcode:2008JHerp..42..555P. doi:10.1670/07-217.1. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 51770178.
Platt, Steven G.; Rainwater, Thomas R. (November 2021). "Observations of a Nuclear–follower Foraging Association between Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) and Fish in an Urban Drainage Canal in Louisiana". Southeastern Naturalist. 20 (4): N108 – N114. doi:10.1656/058.020.0406. ISSN 1528-7092. S2CID 244674573.