Cuatro Ciénegas slider

Cuatro Ciénegas slider
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species: T. taylori
Binomial name
Trachemys taylori
(Legler, 1960)[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Pseudemys scripta taylori Legler, 1960
  • Chrysemys scripta taylori Smith & Taylor, 1966
  • Chrysemys gaigeae taylori Weaver & Rose, 1967
  • Chrysemys taylori Weaver & Rose, 1967
  • Trachemys scripta taylori Iverson, 1985
  • Trachemys nebulosa taylori Fritz, 1995
  • Trachemys ornata taylori Walls, 1996
  • Trachemys taylori Seidel, 2002

The Cuatro Ciénegas slider (Trachemys taylori)[1][2] is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae.

It is endemic to the Cuatro Ciénegas basin of Coahuila state in northeastern Mexico. [2][1]

It is an Endangered species.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104
  2. 1 2 3 Fritz 2007, p. 209
  3. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 209. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

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