Meso-American slider

Meso-American slider
	T. v. venusta in Belize
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (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. venusta
Binomial name
	Trachemys venusta; (Gray, 1856)
Synonyms
	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;

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]

Geographic range

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

Subspecies

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.

Etymology

The subspecific name, grayi, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Fritz 2007, pp. 210–211
^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 210–211. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachemys venusta grayi, p. 107).

Bibliography

Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, 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. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

External links

Data related to Trachemys venusta at Wikispecies

[Rhodin104-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104

[Fritz210-1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Fritz 2007, pp. 210–211

[Fritz2007-3] Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 210–211. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.

[4] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachemys venusta grayi, p. 107).

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