Meso-American slider | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Trachemys venusta | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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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]
The species Trachemys venusta is found from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Colombia.[1]
The following three new subspecies were described in 2010.
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]