Dominican slider

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Dominican slider
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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)

The Dominican slider (Trachemys stejnegeri vicina) [1] is a subspecies of turtle in the family Emydidae. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

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References

  1. Rhodin 2010 , p. 000.104
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