Trachemys

Trachemys
Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Trachemys Agassiz, 1857[1] [2][3]
Synonyms
Calliclemys[1][2] Redemys[1][2]

Trachemys is a genus of turtles belonging to the family Emydidae.^[1] They are native to the Americas, ranging from the United States to northern Argentina.

Species

• Trachemys adiutrix – Maranhão slider^[1]
• Trachemys callirostris – Colombian slider^[1]

• T. c. callirostris – Colombian slider^[1]
• T. c. chichiriviche – Venezuelan slider^[1]

• Trachemys decorata – Hispaniolan slider^[1]
• Trachemys decussata – Cuban slider^[1]

• T. d. angusta – western Cuban slider^[1]
• T. d. decussata – eastern Cuban slider^[1]

• Trachemys dorbigni – D'Orbigny's slider^[1]

Two red-eared slider turtles late afternoon at Captain Falcom Park in Corpus Christi,.

• Trachemys emolli – Nicaraguan slider^[1]
• Trachemys gaigeae – Big Bend slider^[1]

• T. g. hartwegi – Nazas slider^[1]

• Trachemys grayi – Tehuantepec slider^[3]
• Trachemys nebulosa – Baja California slider^[1]

• T. n. hiltoni – Fuerte slider^[1]
• T. n. nebulosa – Baja California slider^[1]

• Trachemys ornata – ornate slider^[1]
• Trachemys scripta – pond slider^[1]

• T. s. elegans – red-eared slider^[1]
• T. s. scripta – yellow-bellied slider^[1]
• T. s. troostii – Cumberland slider^[1]

• Trachemys stejnegeri – Central Antillean slider^[1]

• T. s. malone – Inagua slider^[1]
• T. s. stejnegeri – Puerto Rican slider^[1]
• T. s. vicina – Dominican slider^[1]

• Trachemys taylori – Cuatro Ciénegas slider^[1]
• Trachemys terrapen – Jamaican slider^[1]
• Trachemys venusta – Meso-American slider^[4][5]

• T. v. venusta – Belize slider^[4][5]
• T. v. cataspila – Huasecan slider^[4][5]
• T. v. grayi – Gray's slider^[4][5]
• T. v. iversoni – Yucatana slider^[4]
• T. v. panamensis – Panamanian slider^[4]
• T. v. uhrigi – Uhrig's slider^[4]

• Trachemys yaquia – Yaqui slider^[1]

References

External links

• University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web | Genus Trachemys (sliders)

Family Emydidae (pond turtles)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Emydidae
Genus	Species of the subfamily Deirochelyinae
Chrysemys	Painted turtle
Deirochelys	Chicken turtle
Graptemys	Alabama map turtle Barbour's map turtle Black-knobbed map turtle Cagle's map turtle Escambia map turtle False map turtle Northern map turtle Ouachita map turtle Pascagoula map turtle Pearl River map turtle Ringed map turtle Texas map turtle Yellow-blotched map turtle
Malaclemys	Diamondback terrapin
Pseudemys	Alabama red-bellied cooter Northern red-bellied cooter Florida red-bellied cooter Peninsula cooter Rio Grande cooter River cooter Texas river cooter
Trachemys	Big bend slider Baja California slider Central Antillean slider Colombian slider Cuatro Cienegas slider Cuban slider D'Orbigny's slider Hispaniolan slider Jamaican slider Maranhão slider Meso-American slider Nicaraguan slider Ornate slider Pond slider Yaqui slider
	Species of the subfamily Emydinae
Clemmys	Spotted turtle
Emys	Blanding's turtle European pond turtle Sicilian pond turtle Western pond turtle
Glyptemys	Bog turtle Wood turtle
Terrapene	Coahuilan box turtle Common box turtle Ornate box turtle Spotted box turtle
Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist. Subspecies and the extinct (Gyremys sectabilis) are not included.