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    Apalone is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae. The three species of Apalone are native to freshwater habitats in North America; they are the...
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    The Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is native to the Southeastern United States...
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    The spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera) is a species of softshell turtle, one of the largest freshwater turtle species in North America. Both the...
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    have since been moved to other genera. Among these are the North American Apalone softshells that were placed in Trionyx until 1987. They are called "softshell"...
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    The smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) is a species of North American softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. This freshwater species is endemic...
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    The northern spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera spinifera) is a subspecies of soft-shelled turtle in the family Trionychidae. The subspecies is...
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    The Guadalupe spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera guadalupensis) is a subspecies of soft-shelled turtle native to the United States, in the state...
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    The pallid spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera pallida) is a subspecies of spiny softshell turtle native to the U.S. states of Arkansas, Oklahoma...
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    The Texas spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera emoryi) is a subspecies of the spiny softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The subspecies is...
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    The Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera aspera), a subspecies in the Trionychidae family of softshell turtles, is endemic to the south-eastern...
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