Puerto Rican slider
The Puerto Rican slider (Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri)[1] is a subspecies of turtle found mainly in Puerto Rico and surrounding areas. It is a relative of the pond slider.[2]
Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Trachemys |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | T. s. stejnegeri |
Trinomial name | |
Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) |
References
- Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104
- metazoa14
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, 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 2010-12-15.
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