Puerto Rican slider

The Puerto Rican slider (Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri)^[1] is a subspecies of turtle found mainly in Puerto Rico and surrounding areas. It is a relative of the pond slider.^[2]

Puerto Rican slider
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. stejnegeri
Subspecies:	T. s. stejnegeri
Trinomial name
Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928)

References

1. Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104
2. metazoa14

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.