Ornate slider

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Ornate slider
Trachemys ornata Sowerby & Lear 1872 (dorsal).jpg
Juvenile ornate slider illustrated by James de Carle Sowerby
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species:
T. ornata
Binomial name
Trachemys ornata
(Gray, 1830) [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Emys ornataGray, 1831
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) ornataFitzinger, 1835
  • Callichelys ornataGray, 1863
  • Pseudemys ornataCope, 1876
  • Chrysemys ornataBoulenger, 1889
  • Chrysemys [ornata] ornataSiebenrock, 1909
  • Pseudemys ornata ornataMertens, Müller & Rust, 1934
  • Pseudemys scripta ornataCarr, 1938
  • Pseudomys scripta ornataMalkin, 1956
  • Chrysemys scripta ornataSmith & Taylor, 1966
  • Trachemys scripta ornataIverson, 1985
  • Trachemys ornataKing & Burke, 1989
  • Trachemys ornata ornataWalls, 1996

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]

Subspecies

References

  1. Frost, D.; Hammerson, G. & Gadsden, H. (2016) [errata version of 2007 assessment]. "Trachemys ornata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007 e.T63661A97430544. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63661A12704799.en . Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rhodin 2010, p. 000.103
  3. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 206. doi: 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 . S2CID   87809001.
  4. Trachemys ornata, Reptile Database
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