DFW HERPS

Apalone spinifera

Spiny Softshell

 
 

SPINY SOFTSHELL Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827)

STATUS:  Common

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

SUBSPECIES:  Pallid Spiny Softshell A. s. pallida (Webb, 1962)