ID soft shell turtle

[scubasteve81]

That was just my thought. Honestly more carapace pics and a close up of the head would be definitive.

 

[Louie]

Looks like a female spiney softshell.

As seen here:

http://chelonia.org/aspniferaCT1.jpg

A comparison of male top animal along side of a female (Indiana locality spiney softshells):

Doesn't look like a chinese softie:

http://chelonia.org/psinensisMT1.jpg

Note the rather large head



The young ones do, this fades with age. Adult floridas are typically dull in color but have a defined carapacial pattern.

http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/photos/softshell00.jpg

http://www.pinellascounty.org/fbg/images/wildlife/softshell_swimming.jpg

Wow hudge difference in size both roughly same age? I set out minnow trap yesterday for few hours when I got back there were 2 softshells hanging out in water over the trap.
I didnt catch anything but threw the hotdogs,bread in the water for them.

 

[coura]

Ok this is interisting, in one of my favorite turtle books ther´s a photo showing a copple of spineys with the inverse coloration of these.The male has the blonched patern and the female the spoted patern.

 

[coura]

I was going to suggest Spiney x Florida hybrid but I was unfamiliar that they actually exist. If you say they do, I'll take your word for it.

Here ya go

 

[coura]

The image is small but you can see those if you go kingsnake classifeids,select turtles and then at the top of the page select turtle source

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Thanks! Very intersting turtle indeed.

 

[nativelover]

Alabama softshell.

atleast its the same kind i caught while in Alabama...