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.

Trachemys Pond Slider Trachemys scripta Reptiles of Arizona

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

Trachemys Trachemys scripta elegans photo Reptarium

References

Trachemys Wikipedia

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