Meso-American slider
Species of turtle
Meso-American slider | |
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T. v. venusta in Belize | |
Conservation status | |
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Trachemys |
Species: | T. venusta |
Binomial name | |
Trachemys venusta (Gray, 1856)[1][2] | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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The Meso-American slider (Trachemys venusta)[1][2] is a species of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. The species is distributed from Mexico to Colombia.[2]
Geographic range
The species Trachemys venusta is found from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Colombia.[1]
- Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán
- Trachemys venusta cataspila – Mexico in the states of San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz
- Trachemys venusta grayi – El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca
The following three new subspecies were described in 2010.
- Trachemys venusta iversoni – Mexico in the state of Yucatán
- Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panama
- Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Chocó
Subspecies
- Trachemys venusta venusta (Gray, 1856) – Belize slider [1][2]
- Trachemys venusta cataspila (Günther, 1885) – Huastecan slider[1][2]
- Trachemys venusta grayi (Bocourt, 1868) – Gray's slider[1][2]
- Trachemys venusta iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Yucatán slider[1]
- Trachemys venusta panamensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Panamanian slider[1]
- Trachemys venusta uhrigi McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Uhrig's slider[1]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.
Etymology
The subspecific name, grayi, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104
- ^ a b c d e f Fritz 2007, pp. 210–211
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 210–211. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.
- ^ 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 venusta grayi, p. 107).
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 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
Further reading
- Campbell, Jonathan A. (1998). Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 400 pp. ISBN 0-8061-3064-4. pp. 114–115 (online copy, p. 114, at Google Books).
External links
Data related to Trachemys venusta at Wikispecies
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Emydidae family
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Suborder: Cryptodira
- Superfamily: Testudinoidea
- Family: Emydidae
Species of the Emydidae family |
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- †Wilburemys yakimensis
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Key: †=extinct.