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African Softshell Turtle



[CITIES-listed Endangered Species]
EMYSystem Genus Page: Trionyx (African Softshell Turtles): T. triunguis. Original Description, Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire 1809a : 3. Common name, African Softshell Turtles. Distribution, As for the single species. ...
http://emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/genus/Trionyx/Trionyx.html

EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Trionyx (African Softshell Turtles ...: ...species list T. triunguis (African Softshell Turtle) Original Description Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire 1809a : 3 Common Name African Softshell Turtles Distribution ...
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Trionychidae.html

ADW: Trionychidae: Classification: ...and softshell turtles). Species Trionyx axenaria (Chinese softshell turtle). Species Trionyx triunguis (African softshell turtle). ...
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Trionyx.html

ADW: Trionyx: Classification: ...softshell turtles and African softshell turtles). Species Trionyx axenaria (Chinese softshell turtle). Species Trionyx triunguis (African softshell turtle). ...
http://biology.uky.edu/palmer/cites.htm

CITES: TESTUDINIDAE, Psammobates tentorius, South African Tent Tortoise, II. ... TRIONYCHIDAE, Trionyx (Apalone spinifera) ater, Black Spiny Soft-shell Turtle, I. ...
http://uio.mbl.edu/SOAPbrowser/index.php?func=vLang&code=eng&package=5&page=50

TNS Browser: 1775). African softshell turtle, Trionyx triunguis (Forsskål, 1775). African softshell turtles, Trionyx Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809. ...
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/search/queryhitturt.htm

Turtle, Tuatara, Crocodile Checklist--Index: ...serrated star tortoise African serrated tortoise African sharp-nosed crocodile African slender-snouted crocodile African softshell turtle African spurred ...
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/turtcroclist/chklst12.htm

Turtle, Tuatara, Crocodile Checklist--12: COMMON NAME:African softshell turtle. Trionyx triunguis (Forskål 1775). ... COMMON NAME: African softshell turtle, Nile softshell turtle, Trionyx du Nil. ...
http://www.unc.edu/~dtkirkpa/stuff/oversemi.html

Semi-Aquatic Turtles Overview: Softshell turtles can be difficult to keep in captivity. Their sheer size requires a very large aquarium. ... The hardy African Mud Turtle (Pelusios subniger ...
http://www.unc.edu/~dtkirkpa/stuff/overview.html

A Quick-Care Guide to Semi-Aquatic Turtles: ...intermittently available, such as leaf turtles, African mud turtles ... Juvenile snappers and softshell turtles are also sold ... but the most dedicated turtle-keepers. ...
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/IESE/Projects/Zooscope/Factsheets/

Zooscope Fact Sheets: Sungazer; Texas Rat Snake; Trans-Pecos Rat Snake; Western Spiny Softshell Turtle; Yellow-Footed Tortoise. Mammals: African Elephant; Agouti; Arabian Oryx; Arctic ...
http://zoology.org.ohio-state.edu/february5.html

OSU Zoology Club: We also saw (from the reptiles): American Alligator, Red-Eared Slider, Soft-shell Turtle, a Russian Tortoise , African Spur-thigh Tortoise , Three-toed Box ...
http://www.eckerd.edu/academics/nas/bio/CV/meylan2.html

Peter A. Meylan- Scientific Publications: 170 In: NT Boaz ed., Evolution of environments and Hominidae in the African Western Rift ... The reproductive cycle of male Florida softshell turtles (Apalone ferox ...
http://users.tamuk.edu/kfjab02/Biology/Vertebrate%20Zoology/b34052001t3.htm

Vertebrate Zoology Spring 2001: B. Tortoises and sliders C. Soft-shell and mud ... D. Side-necked turtles E. Leatherback and green turtles; ... The highly poisonous African boomslang is an example of ...
http://www.ulm.edu/~carr/research.htm

John L. Carr - research: ...grant is supporting molecular phylogenetic studies of West African Bufo based on ... Thesis SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION IN THE SPINY SOFTSHELL TURTLE (APALONE SPINIFERA ...
http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/bio/tax/Reptiles.txt

Subclass Order Suborder Infraorder Superfamily Family Subfamily ...: ...pignose turtles Trionychidae softshell turtles Kinosternoidea Dermatemydidae ... sideneck river turtles Archosauria "alligators ... a> 18 africanus African Chameleon <a ...
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/c/r/crr2/turtstmp/update.0203/countries/all.html

A World-Wide List of Turtles and Tortoises on Stamps (March 2002 ...: Turtle on one stamp only. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. ... O/P'd designs include 3 lizards, 1 snake and one softshell turtle. WWF emblem on each stamp. ...
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/c/r/crr2/turtstmp/update.0303/countries/all.html

A World-Wide List of Turtles and Tortoises on Stamps (March 2003 ...: 50th Anniv. of aviation in the Cayman Is. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. ... O/P'd designs include 3 lizards, 1 snake and one softshell turtle. WWF emblem on each stamp. ...
http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/guide/turtles.html

Turtles and Aquatic Plants - Plant Management in Florida Waters: ...comes from the word, "kuta", which means "turtle" in several African dialects. ... The Florida softshell turtle (Trionyx ferox) has a flat grey to brown head with ...
http://www.faculty.smsu.edu/d/dlm505f/Don%20Moll%20Vitae%20Page%202.htm

Research Interests: ...composition, distribution and conservation issues concerning East African chelonians ... Eggshell structure of the wild Narrow-headed softshell Turtle Chitra chitra ...
http://www.faculty.smsu.edu/d/dlm505f/ChelonianPictureFile.htm

Chelonian Photos: Illinois River Spiny Softshell Turtle. Belize Dermatemys. ... Loggerhead at Sea, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize Central America. African Pancake Tortoise from Tanzania. ...
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/heywood/geog358/exotics/exoticRL.htm

COMMON NAME: ...amphibian; frog African clawed, Xenopus laevis, 1930, ... reptile; turtle eastern spiney softshell, Apalone spinifera ... reptile; turtle Florida soft-shell, Apalone ferox ...
http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/NAherps.html

Amphibians and Reptiles of North America: Xenopus laevis - African Clawed Frog*. CLASS REPTILIA - REPTILES. ORDER TESTUDINES - TURTLES. ... Dermochelys coriacea - Leatherback TRIONYCHIDAE - SOFTSHELL TURTLES ...
http://anthro.binghamton.edu/aarf.html

Welcome to Binghamton University Anthropology: ...spinifera Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle Aplodinotus grunniens ... Turtle Clemmys insculpta Wood Turtle Columba livia ... Cricetomys gambianus West African Giant Rat ...
http://receptors.ucsf.edu/Prion/seq/

PrionDB Database Cross-references: Other prion proteins: Q801Y1 PRPN (chinese softshell turtle); Q8QFR0 new PRNP (african clawed frog); Q9I9C0 new PRNP (red-eared slider turtle). ...
http://receptors.ucsf.edu/Prion/seq/dna.html

PrionDB cDNAs and pairwise alignments: Q801Y1 (chinese softshell turtle) : cDNA => alignment. Q8QFR0 (african clawed frog) : cDNA => alignment. Q9I9C0 (red-eared slider turtle) : cDNA => alignment. ...
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/fauna/com-Reptile.html

CalPhotos: Browse Reptile Common Names: Pancake Tortoise (2) African Plated Lizard (1) African Tree Viper (1 ... 4) Florida Alligator (58) Florida Red-bellied Turtle (1) Florida Softshell (1) Florida ...
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/aw/discus/messages/130/133.html?1003854946

AmphibiaWeb discussion: ...laevis, African Clawed Frog Xl laevis, South African Clawed Frog ... Pond Turtle Cm pallida, Southwestern Pond Turtle APALONE (Softshell) Apalone spinifera ...
http://wfscnet.tamu.edu/tcwc/herps/herps.htm

Herps of Texas - Wildlife And Fisheries, Texas A & M: Cliff Chirping Frog) Xenopus laevis(African Clawed Frog ... spinifera pallida(Spiny Softshell) Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle) Chelydra serpentina ...
http://wfscnet.tamu.edu/tcwc/checklist/049.htm

COUNTY: Apalone (Trionyx) spinifera, Spiny Softshell. Caretta caretta, Loggerhead. ... Ter...ne ornata, Ornate Box Turtle. ... Xenopus laevis, African Clawed Frog. ...
http://www.cas.ucf.edu/biology/faculty/Chelres.html

THE CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE: ...and old furniture, you can find carapaces of olive ridleys, African spurred tortoises ... we might be within the range of the giant softshell turtle Chitra chitra ...
http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/states/nmex_main/reptiles.htm

NM Species Accounts-Reptiles and Amphib.: Chorus, Western (Pseudacris triseriata) Frog, Clawed, African (Xenopus laevis ... Snapping (Chelydra serpentina serpentina (NM)) Turtle, Softshell, Smooth, Midland ...
http://msc.bhsu.edu/biology/bsmith/Herp%20Lecture%204.htm

Herpetology, Lecture 4: H. Trionychidae: The softshell turtles. ... 2. Known as musk turtles because they commonly secrete ... these (Burmese pythons, reticulated pythons, African rock pythons ...
http://www.harding.edu/plummer/herp/classification.htm

Classification: Fam. Hyperoliidae - African reed frogs (14 gen, 206 spp). ... Dermochelyidae - Leatherback sea turtle (1 gen, 1 sp). ... Trionychidae - Softshell turtles (7 gen, 23 spp). ...
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309029201/html/75.html

Nat'l Academies Press, Animals for Research: (1979), 7 Other ...: Electric Ray Atlantic Torpedo Ray Wagler's Pit Viper Florida Soft-shell Turtle Alpine Newt ... Night Lizard or Yucca Kenyan Clawed Toad South African Clawed Toad ...
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~packard/Teaching/Who'sWho.html

Who'sWho: The softshell turtles are common river turtles ... to the cloaca (which is longitudinal in turtles and crocodilians ... snakes are oviparous, but one African and several ...
http://eg2.ischool.washington.edu/Search/makesearch?past=mediator%7CStudents%7C%7Cyes%7CStudents%7C*keywords%7CDrawing%7C%7Cyes%7CDrawing%7C*&page=20

Gateway to Educational Materials - Search: Generalpublic 5; Parents 35; Secondary school teachers 1; Teachers 112. beneficiary: African-American students 1; ... Be an Artist: Softshell Turtle. ...
http://www.svsu.edu/aquaculture/data/list/m.html

Sustainable Aquaculture Initiative: ...seatrout, shrimp, dragontail snap turtle, golden turtle, soft-shell turtle. ... farm-raised), cobia, soft-shell crab, gag ... National Species: African cichlid, aquatic ...
http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/EIRAquaticBiologyFish.html

EIR Aquatic Biology - Fishery Resources: ...discharge directly to the sea, are shown in Table 3.2-1. Sportfish, such as green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus), African cichilds (Tilapia ... Spiny softshell turtle. ...
http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/Herpetology/breviora.htm

Andrews,Robin M (1979): Evolution of li: Loveridge, A. 1958. Revision of five African snake genera. ... Type and type locality of the Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell turtle, Trionyx spinifer asper Agassiz. ...
http://www.sonoma.edu/users/c/cannon/bio314chapter11.html

Chapter 11 Inland Waters: XENOPUS LAEVIS, African Clawed Frog is the member of a tongueless family ... TRIONYX SPINIFERUS, Spiny Softshell Turtle was introduced into the lower Colorado River ...
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~dohm/Phd/MDrefs.htm

Michael R. Dohm - Cited Literature: ...and family on eggs, embryos, and hatchlings of the smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica ... Journal of the South African Veterinarian Medical Association 11:93-94 ...
http://www.grand-canyon.edu/cos/jones/amphrep.htm

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