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Trachemys gaigeae gaigeae

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Taxonomy

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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)

Similar Species

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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

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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

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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

Last Revised: 7/14/2012