Interesting Facts
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Chelonia
(
)
- Subclass:
Anapsida
(
)
- Order:
Casichelydia
(
)
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
(
)
- Superfamily:
Testudinoidea
(
)
- Family:
Emydidae
(
)
- Subfamily:
Deirochelyinae
(
)
- Genus:
Trachemys
(
)
- Agassiz, 1857
- Specific name:
gaigeae
- (Hartweg 1939)
- Subspecies:
gaigeae
- Scientific name: - Trachemys gaigeae gaigeae (Hartweg 1939)
- Subspecies:
gaigeae
- Specific name:
gaigeae
- (Hartweg 1939)
- Genus:
Trachemys
(
- Subfamily:
Deirochelyinae
(
- Family:
Emydidae
(
- Superfamily:
Testudinoidea
(
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
(
- Order:
Casichelydia
(
- Subclass:
Anapsida
(
- Class:
Chelonia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Trachemys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:
T.adiutrix (Carvalho's Slider) · T.decorata (Haitian Slider) · T.decussata (North Antillean Slider) · T.dorbigni (Columbian Slider) · T.gaigeae (Big Bend Slider) · T.ornata (Ornate Slider) · T.scripta (Yellow-Bellied Slider Turtle) · T.scripta elegans (Common Slider) · T.scripta scripta (Yellow-Bellied Slider) · T.scripta troostii (Cumberland Slider) · T.scritpa elegans (Red-Eared Slider) · T.stejnegeri (Hispaniolan Slider Turtle) · T.stejnegeri malonei (Central Antillean Slider) · T.stejnegeri stejnegeri (Puerto Rican Slider) · T.taylori (Cuatro Cienegas Slider) · T.terrapen (Cat Island Freshwater Turtle) · T.yaquia (Yaqui Slider)
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Further Reading
- Conant & Collins (1991) Field Guide Rept. Amph. E/C North America, 3rd ed.
- Ernst (1992) Cat. Amer. Amph. Rept. 538 : 1-4
- Fritz (1981) Herpetofauna 3 (14): 25-32
- Fritz (1990) Salamandra 26 (1): 1-18
- Hartweg (1939) Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, (No.397), Jan. 12: 1-4
- McCord et al. (2005) Reptilia (GB) (40): 80-83
- Seidel (2002) Journal of Herpetology. 36(2):285-292
- Seidel et al. (1999) Herpetologica 55 (4): 470-487
- Siedel et al. (1997) Herpetological Review 28 (3): 157
- Stebbins (1985) Field Guide Western Rept. and Amph., 2nd ed.
- Stuart et al. (1993) Herpetological Review 24 (1): 32-33
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4190741
