| Ornate slider | |
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| Juvenile ornate slider illustrated by James de Carle Sowerby | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Trachemys |
| Species: | T. ornata |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachemys ornata | |
| Synonyms [3] | |
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The ornate slider [4] (Trachemys ornata) [2] is turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. It is found in Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa in western Mexico. [2]