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Smooth Softshell

Apalone mutica

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 27, February 25, March 29, April 55, May 34, June 16, July 15, August 15, September 18, October 19, November 25, December 24.
United States1,842
Texas301
Kansas273
Missouri255
Kentucky139
Indiana124
Oklahoma114
Louisiana85
Mississippi82
Illinois69

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilySoftshell and Flapshell Turtles · Trionychidae
GenusAmerican Softshells · Apalone

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