Spiny Softshell

Illustrated: Adult male spiny softshell turtle, round flattened olive-tan leathery shell with small black ring spots and dark marginal line, small pointed tubercles along anterior rim. Long neck and narrow upturned tubular snout, four broad webbed clawed feet, pale underside and thick projecting tail. No hard shell scutes.

Apalone spinifera

All languages

English

Spiny Softshell

Japanese

トゲスッポン — とげすっぽん — togesuppon

Korean

Apalone spinifera — Scientific name; Korean name under review

Spanish

Tortuga de caparazón blando espinosa

French

Tortue molle à épines

German

Dornrand-Weichschildkröte

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.