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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Haitian Slider, Hispaniola Slider, Hispaniolan Elegant Slider, Hispaniolan Slider, Hispanolan Slider, Jicotea
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
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)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Chelonia
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)
- Subclass:
Anapsida
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)
- Order:
Casichelydia
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)
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
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)
- Superfamily:
Testudinoidea
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)
- Family:
Emydidae
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)
- Subfamily:
Deirochelyinae
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)
- Genus:
Trachemys
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)
- Agassiz, 1857
- Specific name:
decorata
- (Barbour & Carr, 1940)
- Scientific name: - Trachemys decorata (Barbour & Carr, 1940)
- Specific name:
decorata
- (Barbour & Carr, 1940)
- 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
(
Synonyms
Pseudemys decorata • Pseudemys decorata Barbour & Carr 1940 • Pseudemys terrapen decorata Mertens & Wermuth 1955 • Trachemys decorata — Iverson 1986 • Trachemys decorata — Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 172 • Trachemys decorata — Seidel 2002
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
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Comment: Holotype: MCZ 36862. For illustrations see Barbour and Carr,
1940 (as Pseudemys decorata); Cochran, 1941 (as Pseudemys decorata);
Williams, 1956 (as Pseudemys decorata); Wermuth and Mertens, 1961
(as Pseudemys terrapen decorata); Bickham, 1980 (as Chrysemys decorata);
Seidel and Incháustegui Miranda, 1984; Seidel, 1988. T. decorata
angusta has been moved to T. decussata.
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)
More Info
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Further Reading
- World Checklist of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 15, p. 13.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Trachemys decorata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Trachemys decorata. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2545725
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-7199
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551945
- IUCN ID: 246756
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12255
