Product Description
This Softshell turtle, 2" figure includes hand painted features to give it realistic details that are true to natural anatomy. This figure is considered a museum quality replica. Highest Quality Natural Rubber.
The smooth softshell turtle looks very much like the spiny softshell turtle. As such, the two are easily confused. The most distinguishing feature is their shells. The spiny softshell turtle has a rough carapace with spines along the front edge, while the smooth softshell turtle has a smooth shell. The smooth softshell turtle also has an unmarked chin and throat while the spiny softshell has a splotchy chin and throat. Lastly, the smooth softshell turtle is the only North American softshell turtle with round nostrils. Both the Florida and the spiny softshell turtles have C-shaped nostrils. The smooth softshell turtle can be found from Pennsylvania to New Mexico and Florida (they are found in from central to south central United States). They inhabit the Mississippi, Colorado, Sabine and Pearl, Alabama, Brazos, and Escambia river drainage systems.
It is difficult to determine its exact native range of the Chinese softshell turtle due to the long tradition of use as a food and herbal medicinal, and subsequent spread by migrating people. Outside their native China, escapees have been recorded in a wide range of countries and some of these have becomes established as introduced populations. Among the non-native locations in Asia are the Bonin Islands, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Archipelago and Shikoku in Japan; South Korea; Laos; Vietnam; Thailand; Singapore; Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro and Panay in the Philippines; East and Peninsular Malaysia; Kalimantan, Sumatra and West Timor in Indonesia; East Timor; and Iran. Outside Asia, locations include Pará in Brazil; Spain; and Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and Oahu (Hawaii) in the United States.
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