Apalone spinifera (Spiny Softshell)
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SPINY
SOFTSHELL Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827)
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Dallas
Co.: Farmers Branch
Creek, Tenmile Creek, Coombs Creek, gravel pits W of Carrollton, Spring
Creek area N of Garland, and Seagoville area;
Denton Co.: 3.3
mi NW of Aubrey; Tarrant
Co.: Trinity River
tributary in River Legacy Parks in NW Arlington, the Clear Fork of the
Trinity River at US 377 bridge, Marine Creek Lake, Webb area, and the
Euless area; Wise Co.: 4
mi NW of Alvord in Big Sandy Creek
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,Dallas,
Denton, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: Ft. Worth
Prairie, Trinity River Bottoms, Blackland Prairie, Eastern Cross Timbers,
and Western Cross Timbers
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