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This subspecies of turtle was described by Roger Conant and Coleman J. Goin. There is a WP article for Conant but none for Goin. Goin and his wife, Olive Bown Goin, made important contributions to herpetology, including writing a textbook of herpetology in 1971. Perhaps someone could write a WP article about "Coly" and Olive. 74.109.236.194 ( talk) 17:59, 11 June 2011 (UTC) reply

The IUCN turtle working group now call this Northern spiny softshell turtle(Apalone spinifera spinifera) and treats hartwegi as a synonym. Regards, SunCreator ^{( talk)} 22:36, 11 June 2011 (UTC) reply