Latest spiny softshell turtle research
Newest papers on Apalone spinifera in the HerpAtlas research library, updated automatically.
- Hydropower Operations Reduce Alluvial Nesting Habitat and Alter Riverine Turtle Population Demographics
Kayhan Ostovar, Larissa Saarel, Joanna-Lynn C. Borgogna et al. · River Research and Applications · 2026-04 · open access
- Environmental Contaminant Accumulation in Freshwater Turtles Inhabiting Three Rivers of the Permian Basin, New Mexico, USA.
Sapp AGG, Cope WG, Moorman CE et al. · Environmental toxicology · 2026-03 · open access
- Freshwater Turtle Assemblages and Densities in Agricultural Ditches and Aquaculture Ponds of Eastern Arkansas
Andrhea Massey, John D. Willson, Brett A. DeGregorio · Chelonian Conservation and Biology · 2025-10
- Effects of Oral Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Growth, But Not on Development of Shell Deformities in Juvenile Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera spinifera)
Benjamin T. Jakobek, Émilie L. Couture, Shannon T. Ferrell et al. · Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery · 2025-08
- Role of Trachemys scripta elegans in polystome (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Polystomatidae) spillover and spillback following the trade of freshwater turtles in southern Europe and North America.
Verneau O, Quinn D, Smith KG et al. · Parasite (Paris, France) · 2025-05 · open access
The red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied, 1938), has been introduced worldwide, partly because of the exotic pet trade in the 1980s and 1990s. When T. s. elegans is released or escapes into natural environments, it often establishes new feral populations due to its tolerance for a…
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Olivier Verneau, Dennis Quinn, Kevin G. Smith et al. · Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) · 2025-05
- Apalone spinifera (Spiny Softshell Turtle). Intergeneric mating attempt.
Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Apalone spinifera (Spiny Softshell Turtle). Predator avoidance behavior.
Christina M. Davy · Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Broad-scale predictions of herpetofauna occupancy and colonization in an agriculturally dominated landscape.
Harris JP, Harms TM, Kinkead KE et al. · PloS one · 2024-10 · open access
Predictions of species occurrence allow land managers to focus conservation efforts on locations where species are most likely to occur. Such analyses are rare for herpetofauna compared to other taxa, despite increasing evidence that herptile populations are declining because of landcover change…
- An Investigation of Freshwater Turtle Trophic Ecology in New Mexico Using Stable Isotopes
Jonathan Duran, Karin Ebey, Lisa N. Barrow · Journal of Herpetology · 2024-09
- Shell shape does not accurately predict self-righting ability in hatchling freshwater turtles.
van Casteren A, Sellers WI, Crossley DA 2nd et al. · Scientific reports · 2024-02 · open access
Flat hydrodynamic shells likely represent an evolutionary trade-off between adaptation to an aquatic lifestyle and the instability of more rounded shells, thought beneficial for self-righting. Trade-offs often result in compromises, this is particularly true when freshwater turtles, with flatter…
- Testing ‘bigger is better’ and maternal effects hypotheses in hatchlings of the sexually dimorphic spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera)
Eden Porter, James E. Paterson, Christina M. Davy · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 2024-01
- Alien turtles in Spain: Modeling a growing problem
Daniel Escoriza, Santiago Poch, Albert Martı́nez Silvestre et al. · Management of Biological Invasions · 2024-01 · open access
Four native chelonians species occur in Spain, three of which are severely threatened.In recent surveys, 25 species of alien turtles and tortoises were reported, some of which had established breeding populations and interfered with native species.In this study, we used ecological niche models to…
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- Apalone spinifera (Spiny Softshell). Clutch splitting.
Herpetological Review · 2023-01
- An update on the freshwater exotic fauna in the Mediterranean region of Baja California, Mexico
Anny Peralta-García, Jorge Heriberto Valdez Villavicencio, Andrea Navarro-Tiznado et al. · BioInvasions Records · 2023-01 · open access
Exotic species introductions are a major threat to biodiversity.The first step to their control involves identifying their presence, distribution, and impacts on native species and their habitats, especially in highly diverse regions.We update and document new records of exotic freshwater fauna…
- Quantifying shell patterning helps identify species of Trionychidae.
Pamfilie AM, Espinal MD, Vitek NS · Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2022-09
- Evolution and dosage compensation of nucleolar organizing regions (NORs) mediated by mobile elements in turtles with female (ZZ/ZW) but not with male (XX/XY) heterogamety.
Montiel EE, Badenhorst D, Lee L et al. · Journal of evolutionary biology · 2022-07 · open access
- Observations of a Nuclear–follower Foraging Association between Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) and Fish in an Urban Drainage Canal in Louisiana
Steven G. Platt, Thomas R. Rainwater · Southeastern Naturalist · 2021-11
- Not only pond sliders: freshwater turtles in the water bodies of the Milan northern urban area (Italy)
Claudio Foglini · Natural History Sciences · 2021-10 · open access
- Use of Retrograde Intubation as an Alternative Maneuver to Secure a Difficult Airway in a Spiny Soft-Shell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)
Bridget J. Savitske, JANE E. QUANDT, Stephen J. Divers · Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery · 2021-10
- Population Structure of the Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) in Five Montana Rivers
Kayhan Ostovar, Gabriel Wolff, David R. Dockery et al. · Chelonian Conservation and Biology · 2021-09
- Apalone spinifera pallida (Pallid Spiny Softshell). Mortality.
Carl J. Franklin, Viviana Ricardez, and Sal Scibetta · Herpetological Review · 2021-01
- Apalone spinifera (Spiny Softshell). Color variation.
Steven G. Platt · Herpetological Review · 2021-01
- Apalone spinifera pallida (Pallid Spiny Softshell Turtle). Behavior.
Viviana Ricardez · Herpetological Review · 2021-01
- Ecology of Riverine Turtle Communities in the Southern United States: Food Resource Use and Trophic Niche Dimensions
Clarence J. McCoy, Oscar Alberto Flores-Villela, Richard Carl Vogt et al. · Chelonian Conservation and Biology · 2020-12
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