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The Meso-American slider (Trachemys venusta)^[1]^[2] is a speciesofturtle belonging to the family Emydidae. The species is distributed from MexicotoColombia.^[2]

Meso-American slider

T. v. venusta in Belize
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. venusta
Binomial name
*Trachemys venusta* (Gray, 1856)^[1]^[2]
Synonyms^[3]
Trachemys venusta venusta Emys venusta Gray, 1856 Emys valida LeConte, 1860 Clemmys valida — Strauch, 1862 Callichelys venusta — Gray, 1863 Emys (Clemmys) salvini Günther, 1885 Pseudemys salvini — Cope, 1887 Emys valida — Malnate, 1971 Pseudemys scripta venusta — Moll & Legler, 1971 Chrysemys scripta venusta — Henderson & Hoevers, 1975 Trachemys scripta venusta — Iverson, 1985 Trachemys ornata venusta — Walls, 1996 Trachemys venusta venusta — Seidel, 2002 Trachemys venusta cataspila Emys ventricosa Gray, 1856 Pseudemys ventricosa — Gray, 1870 Emys (Clemmys) cataspila Günther, 1885 Pseudemys cataspila — Cope, 1887 Chrysemys ornata var. cataspila — Boulenger, 1889 Pseudemys scripta cataspila — Carr, 1938 Pseudemys ornata cataspila — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Chrysemys scripta cataspila — H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1975 Trachemys scripta cataspila — Iverson, 1985 Trachemys ornata cataspila — Fritz, 1995 Trachemys venusta cataspila — Seidel, 2002 Trachemys venusta grayi Emys grayi Bocourt, 1868 Callichelys grayii — Gray, 1870 (ex errore) Emys umbra Bocourt, 1876 Pseudemys umbra — Cope, 1887 Callichelys grayi — Boulenger, 1889 Chrysemys grayi — Boulenger, 1889 Clemmys umbra — Strauch, 1890 Chrysemys umbra — Lindholm, 1929 Pseudemys grayi — Carr, 1938 Pseudemys ornata grayi — Stuart, 1963 Pseudemys scripta grayi — Legler & Webb, 1970 Chrysemys scripta grayi — H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1975 Pseudemys scripta umbra — Pritchard, 1979 Trachemys scripta grayi — Iverson, 1985 Trachemys grayi — King & Burke, 1989 Trachemys ornata grayi — Walls, 1996 Trachemys venusta grayi — Seidel, 2002

Geographic range

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The species Trachemys venusta is found from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Colombia.^[1]

Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán
Trachemys venusta cataspila – Mexico in the states of San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz
Trachemys venusta grayi – El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca

The following three new subspecies were described in 2010.

Trachemys venusta iversoni – Mexico in the state of Yucatán
Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panama
Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Chocó

Subspecies

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Trachemys venusta venusta (Gray, 1856) – Belize slider ^[1]^[2]
Trachemys venusta cataspila (Günther, 1885) – Huastecan slider^[1]^[2]
Trachemys venusta grayi (Bocourt, 1868) – Gray's slider^[1]^[2]
Trachemys venusta iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Yucatán slider^[1]
Trachemys venusta panamensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Panamanian slider^[1]
Trachemys venusta uhrigi McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Uhrig's slider^[1]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.

Etymology

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The subspecific name, grayi, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray.^[4]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Fritz 2007, pp. 210–211

^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 210–211. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.

^ 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 venusta grayi, p. 107).

Bibliography

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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.

External links

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Data related to Trachemys venusta at Wikispecies

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Meso-American slider

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