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 emoryi_, dorsal views. _Top_--Left, adult male,
KU 51194 (× 2/7), Río Conchos, near Meoquí, Chihuahua, México;
right, female, KU 3119 (× 4/9), Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Arizona.
_Bottom_--Females; left, KU 3118 (× 1/5), locality same as KU 3119;
right, TU 14453 (× 3/10), Pecos River, near junction with
Independence Creek, Terrell County, Texas.]
[Illustration: PLATE 45
_Trionyx muticus muticus_, juveniles, dorsal views.
_Top_--Topotypes (× 1), Wabash River, 2 mi. S New Harmony, Posey
County, Indiana; left, INHS 7278; right, INHS 7279.
_Bottom_--Left, TU 14375 (× 3/4), Trinity River near junction with
Big Creek, Liberty County, Texas; right, KU 50845 (× 1-2/5),
4 mi. N Atwood, Hughes County, Oklahoma.]
[Illustration: PLATE 46
_Trionyx muticus muticus_, dorsal views.
_Top_--Adult males; left, TU 14606 (× 3/10), White River, Cotter,
Marion County, Arkansas; right, KU 48237 (× 1/3), 8 mi. S
Hanover, Washington County, Kansas.
_Bottom_--Females (× 1/4), 2 mi. E Manhattan, in Pottawatomie
County, Kansas; left, KU 48229; right, KU 48238.]
[Illustration: PLATE 47
_Trionyx muticus calvatus_, dorsal views.
_Top_--Juvenile, TU 17303 (× 1-2/5), Pearl River, Varnado,
Washington Parish, Louisiana.
_Bottom_--Left, adult male, KU 47118 (× 3/10), Pearl River within
4 mi. of Monticello, Lawrence County, Mississippi; right, adult
female, TU 17306 (× 2/9), Pearl River, 9 mi. S Monticello,
Lawrence County, Mississippi.]
[Illustration: PLATE 48
FIG. 1. Habitat of _T. s. pallidus_, Little River, 6.5 mi. S
Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, September 7, 1953.
FIG. 2. Habitat of _T. s. emoryi_, Río Mesquites, 2 mi. W
Nadadores, Coahuila, México, July 27, 1959. Two _emoryi_ were
trapped in hoop nets set in quiet water to left of what is
believed to be a muskrat house.]
[Illustration: PLATE 49
FIG. 1. General habitat of _T. s. pallidus_ and _T. m. muticus_,
Lake Texoma, in a period of low water, 2 mi. E Willis, Marshall
County, Oklahoma, February 24, 1951.
FIG. 2. Type locality of _T. ater_, Tío Candido, 16 km. S Cuatro
Ciénegas, Coahuila, México, July 30, 1959. An adult male of
_T. s. emoryi_ was also netted here.]
[Illustration: PLATE 50
FIG. 1. General habitat of _T. s. asper_ and _T. m. calvatus_,
Escambia River, 2 mi. E, 1/2 mi. N Century, Escambia County,
Florida, June 1, 1954. Three nests of _calvatus_ found on
sand bar in foreground.]
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