Apalone spinifera Testudines Apalone spinifera Spiny Shoftshell Search for another Amphibian or Reptile. Search for amphibians and reptiles by Illinois county. Go to the INHS Amphibian and Reptile Collection page. Search the INHS collections data for this species by clicking on the button below. Search the Type Specimen Data for this species by clicking on the button below.
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Slanted hatch indicates pre-1980 records only. Not all specimens upon which these maps are based have been verified. Eastern spiny softshell, A . Male smaller with rough sandpaperlike carapace, and conspicuously longer, thicker tail than female. Often seen basking on logs.