{{Short description|Subspecies of turtle}} {{Subspeciesbox | image = Apalone spinifera ssp. guadalupensis.png | genus = Apalone | species = spinifera | species_link = Spiny softshell turtle | status2 = T4 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NatureServe>{{cite web |title=''Apalone spinifera guadalupensis'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100827/Apalone_spinifera_guadalupensis |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref> | subspecies = guadalupensis | authority = (Webb, 1962) | synonyms = * ''Trionyx spinifer guadalupensis'' <small>Webb, 1962</small> * ''Trionyx spiniferus guadelupensis'' <small>Pritchard, 1967</small> ''(ex errore)'' * ''Trionyx spiniferus guadalupensis'' <small>Webb, 1973</small> * ''Apalone spinifera guadalupensis'' <small>Ernst & Barbour, 1989</small> * ''Apalone spinifera guadalupensis'' <small>Stubbs, 1989</small> * ''Apalone spinifera guadelupensis'' <small>Joseph-Ouni, 2004</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Fritz07">{{cite web | url = http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf | title = Checklist of Chelonians of the World | date = 2007-10-31 | access-date = 2010-12-29 | last1 = Fritz | first1 = Uwe | last2 = Havaš |first2= Peter | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110501060224/http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf | archive-date = 2011-05-01 | url-status = live |pages=306–310}}</ref> }}
The '''Guadalupe spiny softshell turtle''' (''Apalone spinifera guadalupensis'') is a subspecies of soft-shelled turtle native to the United States, in the state of Texas.<ref name=NatureServe/> Their range is limited only to the Nueces and Guadalupe rivers, and their immediate tributaries.
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==External links== *{{EMBL species|genus=Apalone|species=spinifera}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091026223332/http://geocities.com/turtlestevesplace/turtle/guide/ts.html Turtle Field Guide: Spiny Softshell Subspecies]
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Category:Apalone Category:Endemic fauna of Texas Category:Turtles of North America Category:Guadalupe River (Texas) Category:Nueces River Category:Reptiles of the United States Category:Reptiles described in 1962 Category:Taxa named by Robert G. Webb Category:Taxobox trinomials not recognized by IUCN <!--- Apalone spinifera guadalupensis --->
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