Smooth Softshell

The smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) is a species of North American softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. This freshwater species is endemic to the United States, where it inhabits the Mississippi River system, along with other adjoining waterways that empty into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Smooth Softshell being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Apalone spinifera
• Pelodiscus maackii
• Pelodiscus sinensis
• Trionyx triunguis
• Nilssonia gangetica

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Trionychidae

Genus

Apalone

Species

Apalone mutica

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