Trachemys

Taxobox
name = "Trachemys"

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Trachemys scripta elegans"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
subclassis = Anapsida
ordo = Testudines
subordo = Cryptodira
superfamilia = Testudinoidea
familia = Emydidae
genus = "Trachemys"
genus_authority = Agassiz, 1857
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = Trachemys decorata
Trachemys decussata
Trachemys dorbigni
Trachemys scripta
Trachemys stejnegeri
Trachemys terrapen

Trachemys is a genus of water turtles found in North, Central, and South America. They are commonly known as "Sliders". It includes the Red-eared slider ("Trachemys scripta elegans"), which is the most common turtle kept as a pet.

pecies

*"Trachemys adiutrix" - Brazilian Slider, Carvalho's Slider
*"Trachemys decorata" - Hispaniolan Slider
*"Trachemys decussata":*"Trachemys decussata angusta" - Taco River Slider:*"Trachemys decussata decussata" - Common Cuban Slider
*"Trachemys dorbignyi":*"Trachemys dorbignyi braziliensis" - Northern Orbigny's Slider:*"Trachemys dorbignyi dorbignyi" - Southern Orbigny's Slider
*"Trachemys gaigeae" - Big Bend Slider
*"Trachemys scripta":*"Trachemys scripta callirostris" - Colombian Slider:*"Trachemys scripta cataspila" - Huastecan Slider:*"Trachemys scripta chichiriviche" - Venezuelan Slider:*"Trachemys scripta elegans" - Red-Ear Slider:*"Trachemys scripta emolli" - Nicaraguan Slider:*"Trachemys scripta grayi" - Gray's Slider:*"Trachemys scripta hartwegi" - Nazas Slider:*"Trachemys scripta hiltoni" - Fuerte Slider:*"Trachemys scripta nebulosa" - Baja California Slider:*"Trachemys scripta ornata" - Ornate Slider:*"Trachemys scripta scripta" - Yellow-Belly:*"Trachemys scripta taylori" - Cuatrocienegas Slider:*"Trachemys scripta troostii" - Cumberland Slider:*"Trachemys scripta venusta" - Belize Slider:*"Trachemys scripta yaquia" - Yaqui Slider
*"Trachemys stejnegeri":*"Trachemys stejnegeri malone" - Inagua Slider:*"Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri" - Puerto Rican Slider:*"Trachemys stejnegeri vicina" - Dominican Slider
*"Trachemys terrapen":*"Trachemys terrapen felis" - Cat Island Slider:*"Trachemys terrapen terrapen" - Jamaican Slider

External links

* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Emydidae.html University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web]