Central Antillean 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. stejnegeri
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Binomial name | |
Trachemys stejnegeri | |
Synonyms [3] | |
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The Central Antillean slider (Trachemys stejnegeri) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is found on three islands in the West Indies: Hispaniola, Great Inagua, and Puerto Rico.
The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Norwegian-born American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger. [4]
T. stejnegeri is found on the islands of Puerto Rico, Great Inagua, [5] and Hispaniola ( Dominican Republic and Haiti). [2]
Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.
Central Antillean 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. stejnegeri
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Binomial name | |
Trachemys stejnegeri | |
Synonyms [3] | |
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The Central Antillean slider (Trachemys stejnegeri) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is found on three islands in the West Indies: Hispaniola, Great Inagua, and Puerto Rico.
The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Norwegian-born American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger. [4]
T. stejnegeri is found on the islands of Puerto Rico, Great Inagua, [5] and Hispaniola ( Dominican Republic and Haiti). [2]
Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.