{{Short description|Subspecies of turtle}} {{redirect|Black spiny softshell turtle|the species from Asia|black softshell turtle}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Subspeciesbox | name = Cuatro Ciénegas softshell | image = Apalone ater.jpg | status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3 |status_ref=<ref name=iucn1996>{{cite iucn|author=Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group|year=2016|title=''Apalone spinifera'' ssp. ''atra''|article-number=e.T1820A97408016|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T1820A97408016.en|access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref> | status2 = CITES_A1 | status2_system = CITES | status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref> | genus = Apalone | species = spinifera | species_link = Spiny softshell turtle | subspecies = atra | authority = (Webb & Legler, 1960)<ref>[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=585755 ITIS.gov]</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Fritz07">{{Harnvb|Fritz|Havaš|2007|pp=306–310.}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Trionyx ater'' <br /><small>Webb & Legler, 1960</small> * ''Trionyx spinifer ater'' <br /><small>— Morafka, 1977</small> * ''Trionyx spiniferus ater'' <br /><small>— Smith & Smith, 1980</small> * ''Apalone spinifera ater'' <br /><small>— Groombridge, 1988</small> * ''Apalone ater'' <br /><small>— David, 1994</small> * ''Trionys spiniferus ater'' <br /><small>— Obst, 1996</small> * ''Apalone spiniferus ater'' <br /><small>— Ferri, 2002</small> * ''Apalone spinifera atra'' <br /><small>— Artner, 2003</small> * ''Apalone (Apalone) atra'' <br /><small>— Vetter, 2004</small> }}
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.<ref name=iucn1996/> The subspecies, along with its parent species, was formerly classified in the genus ''Trionyx''.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20021210162204/http://www.chelonia.org/Turtle_Taxonomy.htm Chelonia.org]}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== * {{cite journal|url=http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf |title=Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status |journal=Chelonian Research Monographs |volume=5 |date=2011-12-31 |author1=Rhodin, Anders G.J. |author2=van Dijk, Peter Paul |author3=Inverson, John B. |author4=Shaffer, H. Bradley |author5=Roger, Bour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131102839/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2012 }} * {{cite journal|journal=Vertebrate Zoology |title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World |year=2007 |first1=Uwe |last1=Fritz |last2=Havaš |first2=Peter |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=149–368 |doi=10.3897/vz.57.e30895 |s2cid=87809001 |doi-access=free }} *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).
==External links== *{{cite iucn |author=Tortoise. |author2=Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group |date=2016 |title=''Apalone spinifera'' ssp. ''atra'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T1820A97408016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T1820A97408016.en |access-date=15 November 2021}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. iucnredlist.org] Retrieved 9 July 2007. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714112651/http://biodiversity.mongabay.com/animals/a/Apalone_ater.html Biodiversity.mongabay.com]
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Category:Apalone Category:Endemic reptiles of Mexico Category:Turtles of North America Category:Cuatrociénegas Municipality Category:Natural history of Coahuila Category:Critically endangered biota of Mexico Category:Critically endangered fauna of North America Category:Reptiles described in 1960 Category:Taxa named by Robert G. Webb Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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