Cuban slider

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Cuban slider
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Taco river slider or hickatee
T. d. angusta
Grand Cayman
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species:
T. decussata
Binomial name
Trachemys decussata
(Gray, 1831)
Subspecies
  • T. d. decussata
  • T. d. angusta
Synonyms [1]
Trachemys decussata decussata
  • Emys decussataGray, 1831
  • Emys rugosaGray, 1831
  • Emys vermiculataGray, 1844
  • Ptychemys decussataAgassiz, 1857
  • Trachemys rugosaAgassiz, 1857
  • Emys jamaoDuméril, 1861(nomen nudum)
  • Clemmys decussataStrauch, 1862
  • Clemmys rugosaStrauch, 1862
  • Emys gnathoVilaró, 1868
  • Emys jamaoVilaró, 1868
  • Pseudemys decussataGray, 1870
  • Chrysemys scripta var. rugosaBoulenger, 1889
  • Pseudemys decussata decussataBarbour & Carr, 1940
  • Pseudemys decussata planaBarbour & Carr, 1940
  • Pseudemys rugosa decussataMittleman, 1947
  • Pseudemys rugosa rugosaMittleman, 1947
  • Pseudemys terrapen decussataMertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Pseudemys terrapen planaMertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Pseudemys terrapen rugosaWermuth & Mertens, 1961
  • Chrysemys (Trachemys) decussataMcDowell, 1964
  • Chrysemys decussata decussataSchwartz & Thomas, 1975
  • Chrysemys terrapen decussataObst, 1983
  • Chrysemys terrapen planaObst, 1983
  • Trachemys decussataSeidel & Incháustegui, 1984
  • Chrysemys terrapen rugosaObst, 1985
  • Trachemys decussata decussataIverson, 1985
  • Trachemys decussata planaIverson, 1985
  • Trachemys terrapen rugosaVanzolini, 1995
Trachemys decussata angusta
  • Pseudemys decussata angustaBarbour & Carr, 1940
  • Pseudemys grantiBarbour & Carr, 1941
  • Pseudemys rugosa angustaMittleman, 1947
  • Pseudemys terrapen angustaMertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Pseudemys terrapen grantiMertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Pseudemys decussata grantiWilliams, 1956
  • Pseudemys stejnegeri grantiPritchard, 1967
  • Chrysemys terrapen grantiWilliams, 1969
  • Chrysemys decussata grantiSchwartz & Thomas, 1975
  • Chrysemys terrapen angustaObst, 1983
  • Trachemys decussata angustaIverson, 1985
  • Trachemys decussata grantiIverson, 1985
  • Trachemys grantiSeidel, 1988
  • Trachemys stejnegeri grantiStubbs, 1989
  • Trachemys decussata angustiFranz, Dodd & Budden, 1993(ex errore)
  • Trachemys decorata angustaObst, 1996

The Cuban slider (Trachemys decussata) is a species of turtle [2] native to Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud), but has also been introduced to Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands (where it is known as the taco river slider or hickatee), and Marie Galante in Guadeloupe. [2]

References

  1. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 202–203. doi: 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 . S2CID   87809001.
  2. 1 2 Trachemys decussata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed March 3, 2010.