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Midland Smooth Softshell (Apalone mutica mutica)

Created: June 11th, 2008 - 11:06 PM
Last Modified: April 13th, 2011 - 07:06 PM Entered by: Kyle Salzmann
Record 15684

Country: United States		State: Texas	County: Jones County	Time: 2008-06-04 17:31:00
Qty: 1	Age: --	Sex: Male	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Small stream
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Few clouds		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Found coming up a small riffle with a bedrock substrate.

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Comments

Posted by Christopher Smith on Nov 22, 2010 at 09:14 PM

This is a spiny softshell. Note the spines on the shell.

Posted by Kyle Salzmann on Jan 02, 2010 at 09:32 PM

I have just added a few more photos.

Posted by Erica Hoaglund on Jan 02, 2010 at 08:15 PM

Do you have another photo of this turtle? It is hard to ID from this angle.