| Cuatro Ciénegas Softshell | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Trionychidae |
| Genus: | Apalone |
| Species: | A. spinifera |
| Subspecies: | A. s. atra |
| Trinomial name | |
| Apalone spinifera atra (Webb & Legler, 1960)[1] |
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| Synonyms | |
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Trionyx ater Webb & Legler, 1960 |
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The Cuatro Ciénegas softshell (Apalone spinifera atra), or black spiny softshell is a subspecies of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It was formerly classified in the genus Trionyx.[2]
It is found only in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in the state of Coahuila, Mexico.
As of the last assessment in 1996 it was considered "Critically Endangered" by the "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species".
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