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| Cuatro Ciénegas slider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Trachemys |
| Species: | T. taylori |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachemys taylori | |
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The Cuatro Ciénegas slider (Trachemys taylori),[2][3] also known commonly as la jicotea de Cuatrociénegas in Spanish,[4] is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. The species is native to northeastern Mexico.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, taylori, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.[5]
Geographic range
[edit]T. taylori is endemic to the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in Coahuila state, Mexico.[3][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of T. taylori is freshwater wetlands.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]T. taylori is an endangered species.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c van Dijk, P.P.; Flores-Villela, O. (2016) [errata version of 2007 assessment]. "Trachemys taylori ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63662A97431374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63662A12693739.en. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104
- ^ a b c d Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 209.
- ^ Species Trachemys taylori at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachemys taylori, p. 261).
Bibliography
[edit]- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
Further reading
[edit]- Legler JM (1960). "A New Subspecies of Slider Turtle (Pseudemys scripta) from Coahuila, México". University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History 13 (3): 73–84. (Pseudemys scripta taylori, new subspecies).
Wikispecies has information related to Trachemys taylori.
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Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Key: †=extinct. | ||||
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