Trachemys

Trachemys
Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Emydidae
Subfamily:Deirochelyinae
Genus:Trachemys
Agassiz, 1857[1][2][3]
Synonyms

Calliclemys[1][2]
Redemys[1][2]

Trachemys is a genus of turtles belonging to the family Emydidae.[1] The genus Trachemys is native to the Americas, ranging from the United States to northern Argentina.

Species and subspecies

Extant

  • T. c. callirostris (Gray, 1856) – Colombian slider[1]
  • T. c. chichiriviche (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) – Venezuelan slider[1]
  • T. d. angusta (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – western Cuban slider[1]
  • T. d. decussata (Bell, 1830) – eastern Cuban slider[1]
Two red-eared slider turtles basking in late afternoon at Captain Falcon Park in Corpus Christi, Texas.
  • T. g. gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939) – Big Bend slider[1]
  • T. g. hartwegi (Legler, 1990) – Nazas slider[1]
  • T. n. hiltoni (Carr, 1942) – Fuerte slider[1]
  • T. n. nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) – Baja California slider[1]
  • T. v. cataspila (Günther, 1885) – Huasecan slider[5][6]
  • T. v. grayi (Bocourt, 1868) – Gray's slider[5][6]
  • T. v. iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Yucatan slider[5]
  • T. v. panamensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Panamanian slider[5]
  • T. v. uhrigi McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Uhrig's slider[5]
  • T. v. venusta (Gray, 1856) – Belize slider[5][6]

Nota bene: In the above list, a binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.

Fossil

  • † Trachemys haugrudi Jasinski, 2018 - Haugrud's slider turtle[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
  2. 1 2 3 Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  3. 1 2 Harfush-Meléndez, Martha; Buskirk, James R. (2008-07-29). "New Distributional Data on the Tehuantepec Slider, Trachemys grayi, in Oaxaca, Mexico". Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  4. ↑ Vargas-Ramírez, Mario; del Valle, Carlos; Ceballos, Claudia P.; Fritz, Uwe (2017). "Trachemys medemi n. sp. from northwestern Colombia turns the biogeography of South American slider turtles". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 55 (4): 326-339. doi:10.1111/jzs.12179
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Fritz 2007, pp. 210-211.
  7. ↑ "Paleontologist Discovers New Fossil Turtle Species in Tennessee | Paleontology | Sci-News.com". Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

Further reading

  • Agassiz L (1857). Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Vol. I. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. li + 452 pp. (Trachemys, new genus, p. 434).
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