Florida softshell turtle

Florida softshell turtle
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Apalone
Species:	A. ferox
Binomial name
	Apalone ferox; (Schneider, 1783)
	Florida softshell turtle range
Synonyms
	List Testudo ferox Schneider, 1783 ; Testudo mollis Lacépède, 1788 ; Testudo bartrami Daudin, 1801 ; Emydes ferox — Brongniart, 1805 ; Chelys bartramii; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809; (ex errore) ; Trionyx carinatus; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 ; Trionyx georgianus; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 ; Trionyx georgicus; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 ; Trionyx brongniarti; Schweigger, 1812 ; Trionyx ferox — Schweigger, 1812 ; Amyda ferox — Oken, 1816 ; Trionix ferox — Gray, 1825 ; Aspidonectes carinatus; — Wagler, 1830 ; Aspidonectes ferox; — Wagler, 1830 ; Trionyx bartrami; — LeConte, 1830 ; Testudo brongniartii Gray, 1831 (ex errore) ; Mesodeca bartrami; — Rafinesque, 1832 ; Testudo bartramii; — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 ; Trionyx brongnartii; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835; (ex errore) ; Trionyx harlani Bell, 1835 ; Platypeltis ferox; — Fitzinger, 1843 ; Aspenodectes ferox; — LeConte, 1854 ; Platypeltis brongnartii; — O.P. Hay, 1903 ; Platypeltis erox O.P. Hay, 1903 (ex errore) ; Amyda ferox ferox — Neill, 1951 ; Trionyx ferox ferox; — Schmidt, 1953 ; Apalone ferox — Meylan, 1987 ; Trionix feroz Richard, 1999; (ex errore) ;

The Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is native to the Southeastern United States. The maximum recorded lifespan of a Florida softshell turtle is 26 years.