Cuatro Cienegas softshell

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. The subspecies, along with its parent species, was formerly classified in the genus Trionyx.[3]

Cuatro Ciénegas softshell

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
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)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • 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

Geographic range

A. s. atra is found only in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in the state of Coahuila, Mexico.

Conservation status

As of the last assessment in 1996, A. s. atra was considered "Critically Endangered" by the "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species".

References
  1. ITIS.gov
  2. Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 306–310.
  3. Chelonia.org

Bibliography
  • Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (31 December 2011). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2012.
  • Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010.
  • 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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