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:
scripta
- Subspecies:
gaigei
- Scientific name: - Trachemys scripta gaigei
- Subspecies:
gaigei
- Specific name:
scripta
- 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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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: 2576555
