Midland Softshell Turtle
Apalone mutica mutica
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- A. m. mutica – Harris Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- A. m. mutica – Harris Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Apalone m. mutica occurs in eastern and central Texas
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Apalone mutica mutica (Le Sueur – 1827)
Genus: Apalone, Greek – apalos = soft, tender – ref. soft shell
Species/Subspecies: mutica, Latin – muticus – curtailed, unarmed — ref. lack of tubercles on front edge of carapace
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962