Maranhão slider

Maranhão slider
Maranhão slider
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species: T. adiutrix
Binomial name
Trachemys adiutrix
Vanzolini, 1995
Synonyms

Trachemys aduitrix Vanzolini, 1995 [orth. error]

Maranhão slider (Trachemys adiutrix) or Carvalho's slider is a species of turtle in the Emydidae family. It is endemic to northeastern Brazil. Its English name refers to the Maranhão state, but it also occurs in Piauí.

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