Trachemys
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Name (Latin)
Trachemys
Other forms of name
Slider turtles
Sliders (Turtles)
See Also From tracing topical name
Emydidae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q385417
Library of congress:
sh 94005242
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 92-169877: De Vosjoli, P. The general care and maintenance of red-eared sliders and other popular freshwater turtles, c1992:p. 2 (Emydidae ... The currently accepted scientific name of red-eared sliders is Trachemys scripta elegans. In most older publications, red-eared sliders and their relatives will be listed under the genera Chrysemys or Pseudemys.)
- Ernst turtles world:p. 203 (Trachemys ... At times it has been included in the genera Chrysemys or Pseudemys, but Seidel and Smith (1986) have presented sufficient evidence to show it is a separate genus.)
- Crocodilian, tuatara, and turtle species world:p. 60 (Trachemys Agassiz; common name: Slider turtles)
- Random House(slider: def. 3, any of several freshwater turtles of genus Chrysemys)
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Wikipedia description:
Trachemys is a genus of turtles belonging to the family Emydidae. Members of this genus are native to the Americas, ranging from the Midwestern United States south to northern Argentina, but one subspecies, the red-eared slider (T. scripta elegans), has been introduced worldwide. Species under this genus are commonly referred to as sliders.
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