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Emory's Soft-shelled Turtle
- Colouration
- Carapace olive, with the usual, pale margin. In place of the ring-like markings of the allied species, there are numerous black dots.
- Dimensions
- The shell of an adult specimen is about twelve inches long.
- Distribution
- Tributaries of the Rio Grande River, in Texas and Mexico.
Though this species is closely related to the Southeastern soft-shelled turtle, (T. ferox) there are no tubercles on the front margin of the carapace. The proboscis is rather short.
The head markings appeal to those of ferox. The pale lines unite in front of the eyes, but they fuse into a pale, triangular blotch, extending from between the eyes to the base of the proboscis.