Apalone ferox (SCHNEIDER, 1783)

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Higher Taxa	Trionychidae, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Florida Softshell Turtle G: Florida-Weichschildkröte
Synonym	Testudo ferox SCHNEIDER 1783: 330 Testudo mollis LACÉPÈDE 1788 Testudo ferox verrucosa SCHOEPFF 1795 Testudo bartrami DAUDIN 1802 (nomen subst. pro T. ferox verrucosa) Trionyx carinatus GEOFFROY 1809 Trionyx georgianus GEOFFROY 1809 (nomen subst. pro T. ferox SCHNEIDER) Trionyx georgicus GEOFFROY 1809 (nomen subst. pro T. ferox SCHNEIDER) Trionyx ferox — SCHWEIGGER 1812 Trionyx brogniarti SCHWEIGGER 1812 Aspidonectes ferox — WAGLER 1830 Aspidonectes carinatus — WAGLER 1830 Testudo ferox — CUVIER 1831: 19 Trionyx harlani BELL 1835 (in HARLAN) Platypeltis ferox — FITZINGER 1843 Platypeltis brogniarti — FITZINGER 1843 Platypeltis ferox — LOENNBERG 1894 Amyda ferox — ALLEN 1932 Trionyx ferox — WEBB 1973 Apalone ferox — MEYLAN 1987 Trionyx ferox — ALDERTON 1988 Apalone ferox — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989 Apalone ferox — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 82 Apalone ferox — CROTHER 2000 Trionyx ferox — HALLMEN 2005
Distribution	USA (SW South Carolina, S Georgia, Florida, S Alabama) Type locality: Savannah River (at Savannah), Georgia
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.6.17 (formerly 53A)
Comment	Type species: The type species of Platypeltis FITZINGER is Testudo ferox. Apalone ferox and A. spinifera hybridize (LOVE 2009). Reproduction: oviparous.
References	Akeret, B. 2009. Unter und über Wasser durch die Karstgewässer Floridas. Draco 10 (37): 24-29 - get paper here Alderton, D. 1988. Turtles and tortoises of the world. Facts on File, New York. Allen, Morrow J. 1932. A survey of the Amphibians and reptiles of Harrison County, Mississippi American Museum Novitates (542): 1-20 - get paper here Barone, ; S. 2005. Die Florida-Weichschildkröte (Apalone ferox). Reptilia (Münster) 10 (55): 68-72 - get paper here Barone, S. 2005. Apalone ferox - The florida Softshell. Reptilia (GB) (39): 47-50 - get paper here Böhme, W. 2005. Der “Savannah River Ecology Site” und seine herpetologischen Highlights. Herpetofauna 25 (142): 13-21 - get paper here Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. 2006. Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard. Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp. Boundy, Jeff; Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Brian I. Crother, Kevin de Queiroz, Darrel R. 2012. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. SSAR, 101 pp. Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p. Cuvier, G. 1831. The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, ... with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith... and others. Vol. 9. Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London, 481 pp. Ernst, Carl H.; Lovich, Jeffrey E. 2009. Turtles of the United States and Canada, 2nd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 827 pp. Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London Hallmen, M. 2005. Farb- und Zeichnungszuchten in der Terraristik. Reptilia (Münster) 10 (55): 16-22 - get paper here Hallmen, M. 2006. Selective Breeding for color and pattern. Reptilia (GB) (44): 12-18 - get paper here Krysko, K.K.; Enge, K.M.; Donlan, E.M.; Golden, E.Z.; Burgess, J.P. & Larson, K.W. 2009. THE NON-MARINE HERPETOFAUNA OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA. Herp. Cons. Biol. 5 (1):132-142 - get paper here Lönnberg, Einar 1894. Notes on reptiles and batrachians collected in Florida in 1892 and 1893 Proc. US Natl. Mus. 17 (1003): 317-339 - get paper here Lourenço, João M.; Julien Claude, Nicolas Galtier, Ylenia Chiari 2011. Dating cryptodiran nodes: Origin and diversification of the turtle superfamily Testudinoidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (1): - get paper here Love, B. 2009. Die „Krise“ der Florida-Weichschildkröte. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (1): 14-15 - get paper here McCord, W.P. & Joseph-Ouni, M. 2005. Chelonian Illustrations #19: American softshell turtles. Reptilia (GB) (38): 78-81 - get paper here Meylan, P.A. 1987. The phylogenetic relationships of soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 186 (1):1-101. Schneider, J.G. 1783. Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Schildkröten, nebst einem Systematischen Verseichnisse der einzelnen Arten. Müller, Leipzig. xlviii + 364 p. Stevenson, Dirk J.;Platt, Brian J. 1999. Geographic distribution. Apalone ferox Herpetological Review 30 (1): 51 Valverde, J. 2007. Weichschildkröten. Reptilia (Münster) 12 (68): 16-23 - get paper here Valverde, J. 2007. Apalone ferox, die Florida-Weichschildkröte. Reptilia (Münster) 12 (68): 24-28 - get paper here Wagler, Jean G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. 1.0. Cotta, München, Stuttgart, and Tübingen, 354 pp. Webb R G 1990. Trionyx Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. Softshell turtles. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 487: 1-7 - get paper here Webb, R.G. 1962. North American Recent soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae). University of Kansas Publications. Museum of Natural History. Lawrence. 13 (10): 429-611 Webb, Robert G. 1973. Trionyx ferox. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (138): 1-3 - get paper here Weisrock,D.W. & Janzen,F.J. 2000. Comparative molecular phylogeography of North American Softshell Turtles (Apalone): implication for regional and wide-scale historical evolutionary forces. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 14 (1): 152-164 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List - Apalone ferox - Least Concern, LC http://www.omnh.ou.edu/personnel/herpetology/vitt/Herps.html http://blackbook.org/~sullivan/indexes/sciIndexA-C.html Google images

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