Apalone
Apalone is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae. Species of Apalone are native to North America.
Geographic range
Most Apalone species are restricted to the United States, though the range of the spiny softshell, A. spiniferus, extends into southern Canada and northern Mexico.
Taxonomy
Apalone is a fairly new classification, resurrected by Meylan in 1987, assigned to North American species of the genus Trionyx, though they are still listed as Trionyx in some texts. (Trionyx now refers specifically to certain softshell species found mainly in Africa.)
Sexual dimorphism
Turtles of the genus Apalone exhibit marked sexual dimorphism. In carapace length, females grow to about twice the size of males. In males, the claws on the front feet are longer than those on the back feet, but in females, the claws on the back feet are longer. In males, the stout tail extends well beyond the posterior edge of the carapace, but in females, the relatively thinner tail barely reaches the edge of the carapace.
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[CHO:] HE’S MY BABY….AND I LOVE HIM…
I KNOW I ALWAYS WILL…..
HE DRIVES ME O SO, CRAZY….AND HE GIVES ME SUCH A THRILL….
HE BRINGS ME SUNSHINE EVERY MORN…
STARLIGHT EVERY NIGHT…
HE’S THE ONE I LOVE…THE ONE I’M SPEAKING OF….
HE ALWAYS DOES ME RIGHT….
[1] When I hitched my wagon to his star….
I had no idea we’d ever go this far…
Drives me a little on the wild side…
Spend most of my time hanging on for dear life….
[CHO:] HE’S MY BABY….AND I LOVE HIM…
I KNOW I ALWAYS WILL…..
HE DRIVES ME O SO, CRAZY….HE GIVES ME SUCH A THRILL….
HE BRINGS ME SUNSHINE EVERY MORN…
STARLIGHT EVERY NIGHT…
HE’S THE ONE I LOVE…THE ONE I’M SPEAKING OF….
HE ALWAYS DOES ME RIGHT….
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[2] When the skies look a little bit cloudy…
I know I can count on him….
He’ll be right there when the chips are down…
And help me stack them up again…
We’ve seen high and low, thick and thin…everything in between…
But he’s my sweet baby…I don’t mean maybe…
He means the world to me….
[CHO:] HE’S MY BABY….AND I LOVE HIM…
I KNOW I ALWAYS WILL…..
HE DRIVES ME O SO, CRAZY….AND HE GIVES ME SUCH A THRILL….
HE BRINGS ME SUNSHINE EVERY MORN…
STARLIGHT EVERY NIGHT…
HE’S THE ONE I LOVE…THE ONE I’M SPEAKING OF….
HE ALWAYS DOES ME RIGHT….
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He’s the one I love…[sustain] the one I’m speaking of….
He always does me right….[yeah]