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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Reptiles
  5. Turtles and Tortoises
  6. Softshells

family

Softshells

Trionychidae

Includes
3 native 2 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Softshell Turtles 3 native
  • Flapshell Turtles

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native softshells All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera 24,842 observations
  • Florida Softshell Turtle Apalone ferox 16,788 observations
  • Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica 656 observations

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