Dominican slider | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Trachemys |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | T. s. vicina |
Trinomial name | |
Trachemys stejnegeri vicina (Barbour & Carr, 1940) |
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