Cuatro Ciénegas slider
Scientific classification Edit this 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
(Legler, 1960)[2][3]
Synonyms[3]
  • Pseudemys scripta taylori
    Legler, 1960
  • Chrysemys scripta taylori
    H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1966
  • Chrysemys gaigeae taylori
    — Weaver & Rose, 1967
  • Chrysemys taylori
    — Weaver & Rose, 1967
  • Trachemys scripta taylori
    Iverson, 1985
  • Trachemys nebulosa taylori
    Fritz, 1995
  • Trachemys ornata taylori
    — Walls, 1996
  • Trachemys taylori
    Seidel, 2002

The Cuatro Ciénegas slider (Trachemys taylori),[2][3] also known commonly as la jicotea de Cuatrociénegas in Mexican Spanish,[4] is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. The species is native to northeastern Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, taylori, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.[5]

Geographic range

T. taylori is endemic to the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in Coahuila state, Mexico.[3][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. taylori is freshwater wetlands.[1]

Conservation status

T. taylori is an endangered species.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 1 2 3 Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104
  3. 1 2 3 4 Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 209.
  4. Species Trachemys taylori at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  5. 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

Further reading

  • 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).


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