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]
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Meso-American slider
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]
Trachemys venusta venusta
Emys venusta Gray, 1856
Emys valida LeConte , 1860
Clemmys valida — Strauch , 1862
Callichelys venusta — Gray, 1863
Emys (Clemmys) salvini Günther , 1885
Pseudemys salvini — Cope , 1887
Emys valida — Malnate , 1971
Pseudemys scripta venusta — Moll & Legler , 1971
Chrysemys scripta venusta — Henderson & Hoevers , 1975
Trachemys scripta venusta — Iverson , 1985
Trachemys ornata venusta — Walls , 1996
Trachemys venusta venusta — Seidel , 2002
Trachemys venusta cataspila
Emys ventricosa Gray, 1856
Pseudemys ventricosa — Gray, 1870
Emys (Clemmys) cataspila Günther, 1885
Pseudemys cataspila — Cope, 1887
Chrysemys ornata var. cataspila — Boulenger , 1889
Pseudemys scripta cataspila — Carr , 1938
Pseudemys ornata cataspila — Mertens & Wermuth , 1955
Chrysemys scripta cataspila — H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith , 1975
Trachemys scripta cataspila — Iverson, 1985
Trachemys ornata cataspila — Fritz , 1995
Trachemys venusta cataspila — Seidel, 2002
Trachemys venusta grayi
Emys grayi Bocourt , 1868
Callichelys grayii — Gray, 1870 (ex errore )
Emys umbra Bocourt, 1876
Pseudemys umbra — Cope, 1887
Callichelys grayi — Boulenger, 1889
Chrysemys grayi — Boulenger, 1889
Clemmys umbra — Strauch, 1890
Chrysemys umbra — Lindholm , 1929
Pseudemys grayi — Carr, 1938
Pseudemys ornata grayi — Stuart, 1963
Pseudemys scripta grayi — Legler & Webb , 1970
Chrysemys scripta grayi — H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1975
Pseudemys scripta umbra — Pritchard , 1979
Trachemys scripta grayi — Iverson, 1985
Trachemys grayi — King & Burke , 1989
Trachemys ornata grayi — Walls, 1996
Trachemys venusta grayi — Seidel, 2002
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Mesoamerican Slider (Trachemys venusta cataspila), Municipality of Ocampo, Tamaulipas, Mexico (22 September 2004).
The species Trachemys venusta is found from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Colombia.[1]
Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize , Guatemala , Honduras , and Mexico in the states of Campeche , Chiapas , Oaxaca , Quintana Roo , Tabasco , Veracruz , and Yucatán
Trachemys venusta cataspila – Mexico in the states of San Luis Potosí , Tamaulipas , and Veracruz
Trachemys venusta grayi – El Salvador , Guatemala and Mexico in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca
The following three new subspecies were described in 2010.
Trachemys venusta iversoni – Mexico in the state of Yucatán
Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panama
Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Costa Rica , Honduras, Nicaragua , Panama, and Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Chocó
Trachemys venusta venusta (Gray , 1856) – Belize slider [1] [2]
Trachemys venusta cataspila (Günther , 1885) – Huastecan slider[1] [2]
Trachemys venusta grayi (Bocourt , 1868) – Gray's slider[1] [2]
Trachemys venusta iversoni McCord , Joseph-Ouni , Hagen & Blanck , 2010 – Yucatán slider[1]
Trachemys venusta panamensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Panamanian slider[1]
Trachemys venusta uhrigi McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Uhrig's slider[1]
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]