Cuatro Ciénegas slider

Cuatro Ciénegas slider
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Emydidae
Genus:Trachemys
Species: T. taylori
Binomial name
Trachemys taylori
(Legler, 1960)[2][3]
Synonyms[3]
  • Pseudemys scripta taylori
    Legler, 1960
  • Chrysemys scripta taylori
    — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1966
  • Chrysemys gaigeae taylori
    — Weaver & Rose, 1967
  • Chrysemys taylori
    — Weaver & Rose, 1967
  • Trachemys scripta taylori
    — Iverson, 1985
  • Trachemys nebulosa taylori
    — Fritz, 1995
  • Trachemys ornata taylori
    — Walls, 1996
  • Trachemys taylori
    — Seidel, 2002

The Cuatro Ciénegas slider (Trachemys taylori)[2][3] is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae.

Etymology

The specific name, taylori, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.[4]

Geographic range

T. taylori is endemic to the Cuatro Ciénegas basin of Coahuila state in northeastern Mexico.[3][2]

Conservation status

T. taylori is an endangered species.

References

  1. ↑ van Dijk, P.P. & Flores-Villela, O. (2007). "Trachemys taylori". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2007: e.T63662A97431374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63662A12693739.en. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104
  3. 1 2 3 4 Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 209.
  4. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachemys taylori, p. 261).

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • 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.

Further reading

  • Legler JM (1960). "A New Subspecies of Slider Turtle (Pseudemys scripta) from Coahuila, México". Univ. Kansas Pub. Mus. Nat. Hist. 13 (3): 73-84. (Pseudemys scripta taylori, new subspecies).


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