The Yaqui slider (Trachemys yaquia) is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae.[2] It is native to Chihuahua and Sonora in northwestern Mexico.[2]

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species:
T. yaquia
Binomial name
Trachemys yaquia
(Legler and Webb, 1970)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Pseudemys scripta yaquia Legler & Webb, 1970
  • Chrysemys scripta yaquia Smith & Smith, 1975
  • Pseudemys ornata yaquia Wermuth & Mertens, 1977
  • Chrysemys scripta yaqui Plymale, Jackson & Collier, 1978 (ex errore)
  • Trachemys scripta yaquia Iverson, 1985
  • Trachemys dorbigni yaquia Obst, 1996
  • Trachemys ornata yaquia Walls, 1996
  • Trachemys yaquia Seidel, 2002
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Subspecies

  • No subspecies[2]

References

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