Florida softshell turtle
Apalone ferox

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Head and neck: brown to grey with light mottlings or reticulations; red or yellow stripe behind eye to base of lower jaw; snout extended; nostril with lateral ridge.

Body
Carapace- marginal ridge well-defined; brown to grey with dark blotches; anterior carapacial rim with blunt, enlarged tubercles; small tubercles on dorsal surface;

Plastron- dirty white to grey;


Limbs and tail: brown to grey; limbs webbed.

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