Cuatro Cienegas softshell

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Cuatro Ciénegas softshell
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CITES Appendix I [2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
Species:
A. spinifera
Subspecies:
A. s. atra
Trinomial name
Apalone spinifera atra
(Webb & Legler, 1960)[3]
Synonyms[4]
  • Trionyx ater
    Webb & Legler, 1960
  • Trionyx spinifer ater
    — Morafka, 1977
  • Trionyx spiniferus ater
    — Smith & Smith, 1980
  • Apalone spinifera ater
    — Groombridge, 1988
  • Apalone ater
    — David, 1994
  • Trionys spiniferus ater
    — Obst, 1996
  • Apalone spiniferus ater
    — Ferri, 2002
  • Apalone spinifera atra
    — Artner, 2003
  • Apalone (Apalone) atra
    — Vetter, 2004

The Cuatro Ciénegas softshell (Apalone spinifera atra), also called the black spiny softshell, is a subspecies of the spiny softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. It is found only in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in the Mexican state of Coahuila and it is considered critically endangered by the IUCN.[1] The subspecies, along with its parent species, was formerly classified in the genus Trionyx.[5]

References

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  3. ^ ITIS.gov
  4. ^ Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 306–310.
  5. ^ Chelonia.org

Bibliography

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  • Webb RG, Legler JM (1960). "A New Softshell Turtle (Genus Trionyx) from Coahuila, Mexico". Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 40 (2): 21–30. (Trionyx ater, new species).
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