Trachemys
Genus of turtles
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Trachemys is a genus of turtles belonging to the family Emydidae.[1] Members of this genus are native to the Americas, ranging from the Midwestern United States south to northern Argentina, but one subspecies, the red-eared slider (T. scripta elegans), has been introduced worldwide. Species under this genus are commonly referred to as sliders.
| Trachemys Temporal range: | |
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| 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 | |
Species and subspecies
Extant
- Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995 – Maranhão slider[1]
- Trachemys callirostris (Gray, 1856) – Colombian slider[1]
- T. c. callirostris (Gray, 1856) – Colombian slider[1]
- T. c. chichiriviche (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) – Venezuelan slider[1]
- Trachemys decorata (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Hispaniolan slider[1]
- Trachemys decussata (Bell, 1830) – Cuban slider[1]
- Trachemys dorbigni (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835) – D'Orbigny's slider[1]
- Trachemys emolli (Legler, 1990) – Nicaraguan slider[1]
- Trachemys gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939) – Big Bend slider[1]
- Trachemys hartwegi (Legler, 1990) – Nazas slider[1][4]
- Trachemys medemi Vargas-Ramírez, del Valle, Ceballos & Fritz, 2017 – Atrato slider[5]
- Trachemys nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) – Baja California slider[1]
- Trachemys ornata (Gray, 1830) – ornate slider[1]
- Trachemys scripta (Thunberg, 1792) – pond slider[1]
- T. s. elegans (Wied, 1839) – red-eared slider[1]
- T. s. scripta (Thunberg, 1792) – yellow-bellied slider[1]
- T. s. troostii (Holbrook, 1836) – Cumberland slider[1]
- Trachemys stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Central Antillean slider[1]
- T. s. malonei (Barbour & Carr, 1938) – Inagua slider[1]
- T. s. stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Puerto Rican slider[1]
- T. s. vicina (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Dominican slider[1]
- Trachemys taylori (Legler, 1960) – Cuatro Ciénegas slider[1]
- Trachemys terrapen (Bonnaterre, 1789) – Jamaican slider[1]
- Trachemys venusta (Gray, 1856) – Meso-American slider[6][7]
- T. v. cataspila (Günther, 1885) – Huasecan slider[6][7]
- T. v. grayi (Bocourt, 1868) – Gray's slider or Tehuantepec slider[6][7][3]
- T. v. iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Yucatan slider[6]
- T. v. panamensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Panamanian slider[6]
- T. v. uhrigi McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Uhrig's slider[6]
- T. v. venusta (Gray, 1856) – Belize slider[6][7]
- Trachemys yaquia (Legler & Webb, 1970) – Yaqui slider[1]
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 inflata Weaver & Robertson, 1967 - inflated slider turtle[8]
- † Trachemys haugrudi Jasinski, 2018 - Haugrud's slider turtle[9]