Eastern Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera spinifera)
Created: July 17th, 2008 - 03:19 AM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: lawrence huddleston
Record 17091
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: lawrence huddleston
Record 17091
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Country: United States |
State: Illinois |
County: Winnebago County |
Time: 2008-07-12 16:30:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: Sub-Adult |
Sex: -- |
Method: Dip-netting |
Habitat: river bottom |
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Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: 85.00F |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
Humidity: ----- |
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Sky Conditions: Clear |
Moon Phase: ----- |
Elevation: ----- |
Barometric Pressure: ----- |
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Notes
I found this guy in the river with a hook still in his mouth coming out its neck, so I removed it. I spotted a few more of these spiny soft shell turtles at the river bank about 5 min. later but smaller
these turles are seen more this year because of the floods I would say cause they are every where at the rivers banks or in flooded mud holes. last year they was too hard to even spot
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