North American Recent Soft-Shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae)Webb, Robert G. (Robert Gravem)
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North American Recent Soft-Shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae)
Webb, Robert G. (Robert Gravem)
Soft-shelled turtles
_Trionyx spinifer asper_, dorsal views.
_Top_--Left, adult male, TU 15869 (× 1/2), Escambia River, 1.2 mi. E
Century, Escambia County, Florida; right, female, TU 14673.3
(× 1/2), Black Warrior River, 17-1/2 mi. SSW Tuscaloosa,
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
_Bottom_--Left, adult male, TU 17117 (× 1/4), Pearl River,
Varnado, Washington Parish, Louisiana; right, female, TU 16584
(× 1/5), locality same as TU 15869.]
[Illustration: PLATE 39
_Trionyx spinifer pallidus_, new subspecies, dorsal views.
_Top_--Juveniles; left, TU 481 (× 2/3), Caddo Lake, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana; right, KU 50832 (× 9/10), mouth of Caney Creek, 4 mi.
SW Kingston, Marshall County, Oklahoma.
_Bottom_--Adult males; left, holotype, TU 484 (× 1/3), locality
same as TU 481; right, TU 1122 (× 2/9), Lacassine Refuge,
Cameron Parish, Louisiana.]
[Illustration: PLATE 40
_Trionyx spinifer pallidus_, new subspecies, dorsal views.
_Top_--Females; left, TU 13213 (× 1/4), Sabine River, 8 mi. SW
Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; right, TU 13266 (× 2/9),
Sabine River, 8 mi. SW Merryville, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.
_Bottom_--Left, adult male, SM 2889 (× 1/4), Groveton, Trinity
County, Texas; right, female, TU 14402 (× 1/5), Trinity River,
near junction with Big Creek, Liberty County, Texas.]
[Illustration: PLATE 41
_Trionyx spinifer guadalupensis_, new subspecies, dorsal views.
_Top_--Juveniles; left, ANSP 16717 (× 1), no data; right, KU
50834 (× 1-1/10), Hondo Creek, 4 mi. W Bandera, Bandera County,
Texas.
_Bottom_--Adult males; left, holotype UMMZ 89926 (× 1/3), 15 mi.
NE Tilden, McMullen County, Texas; right, SM 659 (× 3/10),
Colorado River, near Austin, Travis County, Texas.]
[Illustration: PLATE 42
_Trionyx spinifer guadalupensis_, new subspecies, dorsal views.
_Top_--Adult females; left, TU 16036.1 (× 1/5), Llano River,
2 mi. W Llano, Llano County, Texas; right, TU 10160 (× 1/5),
Guadalupe River, 9 mi. SE Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas.
_Bottom_--Left, female, CM 3118 (× 3/4), Black Bayou, Victoria
County, Texas; right, male, TU 14419.6 (× 5/9), San Saba River,
11 mi. NNW San Saba, San Saba County, Texas.]
[Illustration: PLATE 43
_Trionyx spinifer emoryi_, dorsal views.
_Top_--Juveniles; left, UMMZ 69411 (× 3/4), Río Conchos, 9 mi.
N Linares, Nuevo León, México; right, UMMZ 69412 (× 5/6),
Río Purificación, north Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México.
_Bottom_--Adult males; left, topotype, TU 11561 (× 1/3),
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas; right, KU 48217 (× 1/3),
Black River Village, Eddy County, New Mexico.]
[Illustration: PLATE 44
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