Spiny Softshell Turtle
Apalone spinifera
- Class
- Reptile
- Family
- Trionychidae
- Genus
- Apalone
- Also known as
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Spiny Softshell Turtle research
111 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →
- Cold Hardiness and Overwintering Strategies of Hatchlings in an Assemblage of Northern Turtles
Ecology · 1995 · cited 116 times
- Establishment risk from pet-trade freshwater turtles in the European Union
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems · 2013 · cited 67 times
- Leech Parasitism in a Turtle Assemblage: Effects of Host and Environmental Characteristics
Copeia · 2008 · cited 63 times
- Osteology and skeletal development of Apalone spinifera (Reptilia: Testudines: Trionychidae).
Journal of morphology · 2003 · cited 54 times
- Responses of turtle assemblage to environmental gradients in the St. Croix River in Minnesota and Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1999 · cited 47 times
- Descriptive Ecology of a Turtle Assemblage in an Urban Landscape
The American Midland Naturalist · 2005 · cited 47 times
- Movement Patterns, Activity, and Home Range of the Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) in Northern Lake Champlain, Québec, Vermont
Journal of Herpetology · 2002 · cited 40 times
- Comparative kinematics of the forelimb during swimming in red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) and spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera) turtles.
The Journal of experimental biology · 2001 · cited 38 times
Spiny Softshell Turtle natural history notes
Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.
Anthropogenic damage
Ivana Mali · 2020 · Herpetological Review 51(4): 827–828 · Read the note
Behavior
Viviana Ricardez · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(2): 385 · Read the note
1991 · Herpetological Review 22(2): 57 · Read the note
Cheloniophagy
2014 · Herpetological Review 45(2): 309–311 · Read the note
Clutch splitting
2023 · Herpetological Review 54(1): 111–113 · Read the note
Color variation
Steven G. Platt · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(4): 840–841 · Read the note
Coloration
1993 · Herpetological Review 24(4): 148 · Read the note
Diet
2017 · Herpetological Review 48(2): 419 · Read the note
Steven G. Platt, John D. Mcvay, and Thomas R. Rainwater · 2008 · Herpetological Review 39(2): 212 · Read the note
Extreme kyphosis
1994 · Herpetological Review 25(1): 23–24 · Read the note
Healed injury
2018 · Herpetological Review 49(1): 103–104 · Read the note
Intergeneric mating attempt
2025 · Herpetological Review 56(4): 422 · Read the note
Mortality
Carl J. Franklin, Viviana Ricardez, and Sal Scibetta · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(4): 841 · Read the note
Pattern dimorphism
1991 · Herpetological Review 22(3): 97 · Read the note
Predation
2008 · Herpetological Review 39(2): 212 · Read the note
Joseph C. Mitchell · 2007 · Herpetological Review 38(4): 446 · Read the note
Predator avoidance behavior
Christina M. Davy · 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(4): 422–423 · Read the note
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