''Trachemys'' is a

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s belonging to the family Emydidae. Members of this genus are native to the

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, ranging from the

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south to northern

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, but one subspecies, the

red-eared slider The red-eared slider or red-eared terrapin (''Trachemys scripta elegans'') is a subspecies of the pond slider (''Trachemys scripta''), a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the Family (biology), family Emydidae. Native to the southern United States ...

(''T. scripta elegans''), has been introduced worldwide. Species under this genus are commonly referred to as sliders. Red-Eared Slider - Turtle

Species and subspecies

Extant

*''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 *'' Trachemys hartwegi'' – Nazas slider *'' Trachemys medemi'' – Atrato 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'' –

**''T. s. scripta'' – yellow-bellied slider **''T. s. troostii'' – Cumberland slider *'' Trachemys stejnegeri'' – Central Antillean slider **''T. s. malonei'' – 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 The Meso-American slider (''Trachemys venusta'') is a species of turtle belonging to the Family (biology), family Emydidae. The species is distributed from Mexico to Colombia. Geographic range The species ''Trachemys venusta'' is found from sou ...

**''T. v. cataspila'' – Huasecan slider **''T. v. grayi'' – Gray's slider or Tehuantepec slider **''T. v. iversoni'' – Yucatan slider **''T. v. panamensis'' – Panamanian slider **''T. v. uhrigi'' – Uhrig's slider **''T. v. venusta'' – Belize slider *'' Trachemys yaquia'' – Yaqui slider ''

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'': In the above list, a binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the

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was originally described in a genus other than ''Trachemys''. Trachemys inflata FLMNH

Fossil

*† '' Trachemys inflata'' - inflated slider turtle *† '' Trachemys haugrudi'' - Haugrud's slider turtle

References

External links

University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web , Genus ''Trachemys'' (sliders)
{{Authority control Turtle genera Turtles of North America Turtles of South America Taxa named by Louis Agassiz

Species and subspecies

Extant

Fossil

References

Further reading

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