Trachemys

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Cryptodira Subfamily Deirochelyinae Lifespan Pond slider: 30 years Higher classification Deirochelyinae Rank Genus		Order Testudines Family Emydidae Scientific name Trachemys Mass Pond slider: 240 g Phylum Chordata

Lower classifications Pond slider, Red‑eared slider, D'Orbigny's slider, Colombian slider, Nicaraguan slider

Trachemys is a genus of turtles belonging to the family Emydidae. They are native to the Americas, ranging from the United States to northern Argentina.

Species

Trachemys adiutrix – Maranhão slider

Trachemys callirostris – Colombian slider

T. c. callirostris – Colombian slider

T. c. chichiriviche – Venezuelan slider

Trachemys decorata – Hispaniolan slider

Trachemys decussata – Cuban slider

T. d. angusta – western Cuban slider

T. d. decussata – eastern Cuban slider

Trachemys dorbigni – D'Orbigny's slider

Trachemys emolli – Nicaraguan slider

Trachemys gaigeae – Big Bend slider

T. g. hartwegi – Nazas slider

Trachemys grayi – Tehuantepec slider

Trachemys nebulosa – Baja California slider

T. n. hiltoni – Fuerte slider

T. n. nebulosa – Baja California slider

Trachemys ornata – ornate slider

Trachemys scripta – pond slider

T. s. elegans – red-eared slider

T. s. scripta – yellow-bellied slider

T. s. troostii – Cumberland slider

Trachemys stejnegeri – Central Antillean slider

T. s. malone – Inagua slider

T. s. stejnegeri – Puerto Rican slider

T. s. vicina – Dominican slider

Trachemys taylori – Cuatro Ciénegas slider

Trachemys terrapen – Jamaican slider

Trachemys venusta – Meso-American slider

T. v. venusta – Belize slider

T. v. cataspila – Huasecan slider

T. v. grayi – Gray's slider

T. v. iversoni – Yucatana slider

T. v. panamensis – Panamanian slider

T. v. uhrigi – Uhrig's slider

Trachemys yaquia – Yaqui slider

References

Trachemys Wikipedia

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