Trachemys
Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Trachemys Agassiz, 1857[1][2][3]
Synonyms
Calliclemys[1][2] Redemys[1][2]

Trachemys is a genus of turtles belonging to the family Emydidae.^[1] They are native to the Americas, ranging from the United States to northern Argentina.

Species[edit]

• Trachemys adiutrix – Maranhão slider^[1]
• Trachemys callirostris – Colombian slider^[1]

• Trachemys callirostris callirostris – Colombian slider^[1]
• Trachemys callirostris chichiriviche – Venezuelan slider^[1]

• Trachemys decorata – Hispaniolan slider^[1]
• Trachemys decussata – Cuban slider^[1]

• Trachemys decussata angusta – Western Cuban slider^[1]
• Trachemys decussata decussata – Eastern Cuban slider^[1]

• Trachemys dorbigni – D'Orbigny's slider^[1]
• Trachemys emolli – Nicaraguan slider^[1]
• Trachemys gaigeae – Big bend slider^[1]
• Trachemys grayi – Tehuantepec Slider^[3]

• Trachemys gaigeae hartwegi – Nazas slider^[1]

• Trachemys nebulosa – Baja California slider^[1]

• Trachemys nebulosa hiltoni – Fuerte slider^[1]
• Trachemys nebulosa nebulosa – Baja California slider^[1]

• Trachemys ornata – Ornate slider^[1]
• Trachemys scripta – Pond slider^[1]

• Trachemys scripta elegans – Red-eared slider^[1]
• Trachemys scripta scripta – Yellow-bellied slider^[1]
• Trachemys scripta troostii – Cumberland slider^[1]

• Trachemys stejnegeri – Central Antillean slider^[1]

• Trachemys stejnegeri malone – Inagua slider^[1]
• Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri – Puerto Rican slider^[1]
• Trachemys stejnegeri vicina – Dominican slider^[1]

• Trachemys taylori – Cuatro Cienegas slider^[1]
• Trachemys terrapen – Jamaican slider^[1]
• Trachemys venusta – Meso-American slider^[4][5]

• Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize slider^[4][5]
• Trachemys venusta cataspila – Huasecan slider^[4][5]
• Trachemys venusta grayi – Gray's slider^[4][5]
• Trachemys venusta iversoni – Yucatana slider^[4]
• Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panamanian slider^[4]
• Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Uhrig's slider^[4]

• Trachemys yaquia – Yaqui slider^[1]

References[edit]

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Paul van Dijk, Peter; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status". Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.  Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 
• Harfush-Meléndez, Martha; Buskirk, James R. (2008-07-29). "New Distributional Data on the Tehuantepec Slider, Trachemys grayi, in Oaxaca, Mexico". Retrieved 2012-02-12. 

External links[edit]

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

Family Emydidae (pond turtles) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Emydidae Genus Species of the subfamily Deirochelyinae Chrysemys Painted turtle Deirochelys Chicken turtle Graptemys Alabama map turtle Barbour's map turtle Black-knobbed map turtle Cagle's map turtle Escambia map turtle False map turtle Northern map turtle Ouachita map turtle Pascagoula map turtle Pearl River map turtle Ringed map turtle Texas map turtle Yellow-blotched map turtle Malaclemys Diamondback terrapin Pseudemys Alabama red-bellied cooter Northern red-bellied cooter Florida red-bellied cooter Peninsula cooter Rio Grande cooter River cooter Texas river cooter Trachemys Big bend slider Baja California slider Central Antillean slider Colombian slider Cuatro Cienegas slider Cuban slider D'Orbigny's slider Hispaniolan slider Jamaican slider Maranhão slider Meso-American slider Nicaraguan slider Ornate slider Pond slider Yaqui slider   Species of the subfamily Emydinae Clemmys Spotted turtle Emys Blanding's turtle European pond turtle Sicilian pond turtle Western pond turtle Glyptemys Bog turtle Wood turtle Terrapene Coahuilan box turtle Common box turtle Ornate box turtle Spotted box turtle Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist. Subspecies and the extinct (Gyremys sectabilis) are not included.