Cuatro Cienegas softshell
Cuatro Ciénegas softshell |
Conservation status |
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Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Subphylum: |
Vertebrata |
Class: |
Reptilia |
Order: |
Testudines |
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
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The Cuatro Ciénegas softshell (Apalone spinifera atra), also called the black spiny softshell, is a subspecies of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It was formerly classified in the genus Trionyx.[3]
Geographic range
It is found only in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in the state of Coahuila, Mexico.
Conservation status
As of the last assessment in 1996, it was considered "Critically Endangered" by the "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species".
References
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 5. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2). Archived from the original on 2010-12-17.
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- Chelonia
- Eretmochelys
- Natator
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