TRIONYCHIDAE

Krysko, Kenneth L., Burgess, Joseph P., Rochford, Michael R., Gillette, Christopher R., Cueva, Daniel, Enge, Kevin M., Somma, Louis A., Stabile, Jennifer L., Smith, Dustin C., Wasilewski, Joseph A., Kieckhefer Iii, Guy N., Granatosky, Michael C. & Nielsen, Stuart V., 2011, 3028, Zootaxa 3028, pp. 1-64 : 30

TRIONYCHIDAE

The Spiny Softshell, Apalone spinifera ( Le Sueur 1827) , is indigenous to a broad section of eastern and central North America, from portions of Ontario and New York, west through the plains states, south to the Gulf of Mexico and the southern states through limited sections of northern Florida, with disjunct populations in Montana, Wyoming, and various western states (Ernst & Lovich 2009). Various non-indigenous introductions of A. spinifera have occurred in France, Mexico, Hawaii and various eastern and western states in the USA ( Haffner 1997; Ernst & Lovich 2009; Kraus 2009). On 13 October 2008, CRG photographed an adult A. spinifera (photographic voucher UF 153765; MorphoBank M88571 ; Fig. 27) in a pond at 11200 SW 8 th Street, Florida International University, Modesto Maidique Campus, 0.08 km southeast of the Ryder Business Building, Miami (25.757 o N, - 80.3754 o W). On 20 June 2010, KLK et al. observed, but did not voucher, an adult A. spinifera (possibly the same individual) at this same pond. On 7 October 2010, DC observed an adult male and female A. spinifera at this same pond, illustrating the potential for future reproduction and establishment. This species likely was released (stage 2). This represents the first known voucher for this species in southern Florida.