Ornate slider

The ornate slider[4] (Trachemys ornata)[2] is turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. It is found in Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa in western Mexico.[2]

Ornate slider
Juvenile ornate slider illustrated by James de Carle Sowerby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species:
T. ornata
Binomial name
Trachemys ornata
(Gray, 1830)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Emys ornata Gray, 1831
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) ornata Fitzinger, 1835
  • Callichelys ornata Gray, 1863
  • Pseudemys ornata Cope, 1876
  • Chrysemys ornata Boulenger, 1889
  • Chrysemys [ornata] ornata Siebenrock, 1909
  • Pseudemys ornata ornata Mertens, Müller & Rust, 1934
  • Pseudemys scripta ornata Carr, 1938
  • Pseudomys scripta ornata Malkin, 1956
  • Chrysemys scripta ornata Smith & Taylor, 1966
  • Trachemys scripta ornata Iverson, 1985
  • Trachemys ornata King & Burke, 1989
  • Trachemys ornata ornata Walls, 1996

Subspecies
  • No subspecies[2]

References
  1. Frost, D.; Hammerson, G. & Gadsden, H. (2016) [errata version of 2007 assessment]. "Trachemys ornata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63661A97430544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63661A12704799.en. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. Rhodin 2010, p. 000.103
  3. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 206. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  4. Trachemys ornata, Reptile Database
Bibliography
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