Trachemys

Trachemys
	Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Trachemys; Agassiz, 1857
Synonyms
	Calliclemys; Redemys

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.

Species and subspecies[edit]

Extant[edit]

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]
- T. d. angusta (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – western Cuban slider^[1]
- T. d. decussata (Bell, 1830) – eastern 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]
- T. n. hiltoni (Carr, 1942) – Fuerte slider^[1]
- T. n. 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[edit]

† Trachemys inflata Weaver & Robertson, 1967 - inflated slider turtle^[8]
† Trachemys haugrudi Jasinski, 2018 - Haugrud's slider turtle^[9]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b Harfush-Meléndez, Martha; Buskirk, James R. (2008-07-29). "New Distributional Data on the Tehuantepec Slider, Trachemys grayi, in Oaxaca, Mexico". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 7 (2): 274–276. doi:10.2744/CCB-0710.1. S2CID 86009087.
^ Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2021-11-15). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs. Vol. 8. Chelonian Research Foundation and Turtle Conservancy. doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021. ISBN 978-0-9910368-3-7. S2CID 244279960.
^ Vargas-Ramírez, Mario; del Valle, Carlos; Ceballos, Claudia P.; Fritz, Uwe (2017). "Trachemys medemi n. sp. from northwestern Colombia turns the biogeography of South American slider turtles". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 55 (4): 326-339. doi:10.1111/jzs.12179
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 210-211.
^ Jasinski, Steve (May 2013). "Fossil Trachemys (Testudines: Emydidae) from the Late Hemphillian of Eastern Tennessee and Its Implications for the Evolution of the Emydidae". Doctoral dissertation, East Tennessee State University. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
^ Jasinski, Steven E. (2018-02-13). "A new slider turtle (Testudines: Emydidae: Deirochelyinae: Trachemys) from the late Hemphillian (late Miocene/early Pliocene) of eastern Tennessee and the evolution of the deirochelyines". PeerJ. 6: e4338. doi:10.7717/peerj.4338. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5815335. PMID 29456887.

External links[edit]

University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web | Genus Trachemys (sliders)

[Rhodin102-4-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae 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.

[Fritz201-2] 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.

[Harfush-Meléndez-3] Harfush-Meléndez, Martha; Buskirk, James R. (2008-07-29). "New Distributional Data on the Tehuantepec Slider, Trachemys grayi, in Oaxaca, Mexico". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 7 (2): 274–276. doi:10.2744/CCB-0710.1. S2CID 86009087.

[4] Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2021-11-15). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs. Vol. 8. Chelonian Research Foundation and Turtle Conservancy. doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021. ISBN 978-0-9910368-3-7. S2CID 244279960.

[5] Vargas-Ramírez, Mario; del Valle, Carlos; Ceballos, Claudia P.; Fritz, Uwe (2017). "Trachemys medemi n. sp. from northwestern Colombia turns the biogeography of South American slider turtles". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 55 (4): 326-339. doi:10.1111/jzs.12179

[Rhodin104-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104.

[Fritz210-1-7] Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 210-211.

[:0-8] Jasinski, Steve (May 2013). "Fossil Trachemys (Testudines: Emydidae) from the Late Hemphillian of Eastern Tennessee and Its Implications for the Evolution of the Emydidae". Doctoral dissertation, East Tennessee State University. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

[9] Jasinski, Steven E. (2018-02-13). "A new slider turtle (Testudines: Emydidae: Deirochelyinae: Trachemys) from the late Hemphillian (late Miocene/early Pliocene) of eastern Tennessee and the evolution of the deirochelyines". PeerJ. 6: e4338. doi:10.7717/peerj.4338. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5815335. PMID 29456887.

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