| Specimen ID | 156046 |
| Group | Reptiles-Turtles |
| Genus | Apalone |
| Species | spinifera |
| Subspecies | emoryi |
| Common Name | Texas Spiny Softshell |
| State | CA |
| County | Imperial |
| Locality | Imperial Valley, head of Gulf of California |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Salton Sea |
| HUC8 Number | 18100204 |
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| Collection Year | 1976 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | escaped captivity aquaculture |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 12121 |
| Author: | Bury, R.B., and R.A. Luckenbach |
| Date: | 1976 |
| Title: | Introduced amphibians and reptiles in California. |
| Journal: | Biological Conservation |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Pages: | 1-14 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 13272 |
| Author: | Stebbins, R.C. |
| Date: | 1985 |
| Title: | A field guide to western reptiles and ampbibians. Peterson Field Guide series |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin. |
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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 13174 |
| Author: | Ernst, C.H., J.E Lovich, and R.W. Barbour. |
| Date: | 1994 |
| Title: | Turtles of the United States and Canada. |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. |
| Pages: | 578 pp |
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| Comments | error 1976 publication year Bury and Luckenbach collection id 17603 Released into the Gila-Colorado River System around 1900; this locality represents the current extent of this established population. Specimen - LACM #74390 |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
