| Meso-American slider | |
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| T. v. venusta in Belize | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Trachemys |
| Species: | T. venusta |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachemys venusta | |
| Synonyms [3] | |
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The Meso-American slider (Trachemys venusta) [1] [2] is a species of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. The species is distributed from Mexico to Colombia. [2]
The species Trachemys venusta is found from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Colombia. [1]
The following three new subspecies were described in 2010.
Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.
The subspecific name, grayi, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray. [4]
Trachemys is a genus of turtles belonging to the family Emydidae. Members of this genus are native to the Americas, ranging from the Midwestern United States south to northern Argentina, but one subspecies, the red-eared slider, has been introduced worldwide. Species under this genus are commonly referred to as sliders.
Zamia is a genus of cycad of the family Zamiaceae, native to North America from the United States throughout the West Indies, Central America, and South America as far south as Bolivia. The genus is considered to be the most ecologically and morphologically diverse of the cycads, and is estimated to have originated about 68.3 million years ago.
Kinosternon is a genus of small aquatic turtles from the Americas known commonly as mud turtles.
The Mexican box turtle is a species of box turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Terrapene carolina.
The Mexican musk turtle, also known commonly as the giant musk turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species occurs in Central America and Mexico.
The Central Antillean slider is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is found on three islands in the West Indies: Hispaniola, Great Inagua, and Puerto Rico.
Gonolobus is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described in 1803. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, and the southern United States.
The Central America bioregion is a biogeographic region comprising southern Mexico and Central America.
The Yucatán box turtle is a species of box turtle endemic to Mexico. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Terrapene carolina.
Sarcoglottis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.
Echeandia is a genus of New World plants in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family.
The Baja California slider, also known as the black-bellied slider, is turtle in the family Emydidae. It is native to Baja California, Sinaloa and Sonora in Mexico.
The Yaqui slider is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. It is native to Chihuahua and Sonora in northwestern Mexico.
The Nicaraguan slider is a subspecies of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is indigenous to Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
The ornate slider is turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. It is found in Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa in western Mexico.
Trachemys callirostris is a turtle in the family Emydidae found in Colombia and Venezuela.
The Cuatro Ciénegas slider, also known commonly as la jicotea de Cuatrociénegas in Mexican Spanish, is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. The species is native to northeastern Mexico.
The Colombian wood turtle is one of nine species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.
The painted wood turtle or spot-legged wood turtle is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae.
The Central American snapping turtle, also known commonly as the Mexican snapping turtle and the Yucatan snapping turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae. The species is endemic to Central America and Mexico.
Data related to Trachemys venusta at Wikispecies Emydidae family | ||||
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| Genera |
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| Chrysemys | ||||
| Clemmys | ||||
| Deirochelys | ||||
| Actinemys | ||||
| Emys | ||||
| Emydoidea | ||||
| Glyptemys | ||||
| Graptemys | ||||
| Malaclemys | ||||
| Pseudemys | ||||
| Terrapene | ||||
| Trachemys | ||||
| † Wilburemys | ||||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Key: †=extinct. | ||||