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turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives

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Apalone

KingdomAnimaliaanimal kingdom
- ClassReptiliaturtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives
  - OrderTestudinesturtles
    Testudines: information (1)
    Testudines: pictures (128)
    Testudines: specimens (3)
    - FamilyTrionychidaesoftshell turtles
      Trionychidae: information (1)
      Trionychidae: pictures (11)
      - GenusApalone
        Apalone: pictures (11)
        SpeciesApalone feroxFlorida Softshell Turtle
        SpeciesApalone muticaSmooth Softshelled Turtle
        Apalone mutica: information (1)
        SpeciesApalone spiniferaGulf Coast Spiny Softshell
        Apalone spinifera: information (1)
        Apalone spinifera: pictures (11)

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