Central Antillean slider

The Central Antillean slider (Trachemys stejnegeri) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is found on three islands in the West Indies: Hispaniola, Great Inagua, and Puerto Rico.

Central Antillean slider
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. stejnegeri
Binomial name
Trachemys stejnegeri
(Schmidt, 1928)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri
  • Pseudemys stejnegeri
    Schmidt, 1928
  • Pseudemys palustris stejnegeri
    Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934
  • Pseudemys stejnegeri stejnegeri
    Barbour & Carr, 1940
  • Pseudemys terrapen stejnegeri
    — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Pseudemys decussata stejnegeri
    E. Williams, 1956
  • Chrysemys decussata stejnegeri
    Schwartz & Thomas, 1975
  • Chrysemys stejnegeri
    Bickham & Baker, 1976
  • Chrysemys terrapen stejnegeri
    Obst, 1983
  • Trachemys stejnegeri
    Seidel & Incháustegui, 1984
  • Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri
    Iverson, 1985
Trachemys stejnegeri malonei
  • Pseudemys malonei
    Barbour & Carr, 1938
  • Pseudemys palustris malonei
    — Mertens, 1939
  • Pseudemys terrapen malonei
    — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Chrysemys malonei
    — Schwartz, 1968
  • Chrysemys terrapen malonei
    — Obst, 1983
  • Trachemys stejnegeri malonei
    — Iverson, 1985
  • Trachemys malonei
    — Seidel & Adkins, 1987
Trachemys stejnegeri vicina
  • Pseudemys vicina
    Barbour & Carr, 1940
  • Pseudemys stejnegeri vicina
    — Barbour & Carr, 1940
  • Pseudemys terrapen vicina
    — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Pseudemys decussata vicina
    — E. Williams, 1956
  • Chrysemys decussata vicina
    — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975
  • Chrysemys stejnegeri vicina
    — Bickham & Baker, 1976
  • Chrysemys terrapen vicina
    — Obst, 1983
  • Trachemys stejnegeri vicina
    — Seidel & Incháustegui, 1984
  • Chrysemys terrapen wicina
    Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
    (ex errore)

Etymology

The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Norwegian-born American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger.[4]

Geographic range

T. stejnegeri is found on the islands of Puerto Rico, Great Inagua,[5] and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti).[2]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.

References

  1. "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Trachemys stejnegeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. August 1996.
  2. Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.103-000.104.
  3. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 208–209. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  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 stejnegeri, p. 252).
  5. Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 208-209.

Further reading

  • Schmidt KP (1928). "Scientific Survey of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Amphibians and Land Reptiles of Puerto Rico, With a List of Those Reported from the Virgin Islands". New York Acad. Sci. 10 (1): 1–160. (Pseudemys stejnegeri, new species, pp. 147–150; Figures 51–52).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Chrysemys decussata stejnegeri, new combination, p. 47; C. d. vicina, new combination, p. 48; C. malonei, p. 48).


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