Trachemys

Genus of turtles

Trachemys

Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Trachemys Agassiz, 1857^[1]^[2]^[3]
Synonyms
Calliclemys^[1]^[2] Redemys^[1]^[2]

Trachemys is a genus of turtles belonging to the family Emydidae.^[1] Members of this genus are native to the Americas, ranging from the Midwestern United States south to northern Argentina, but one subspecies, the red-eared slider (T. scripta elegans), has been introduced worldwide. Species under this genus are commonly referred to as sliders.

Species and subspecies

Extant

Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995 – Maranhão slider^[1]
Trachemys callirostris (Gray, 1856) – Colombian slider^[1]
- T. c. callirostris (Gray, 1856) – Colombian slider^[1]
- T. c. chichiriviche (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) – Venezuelan slider^[1]
Trachemys decorata (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Hispaniolan slider^[1]
Trachemys decussata (Bell, 1830) – Cuban slider^[1]
- T. d. angusta (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – western Cuban slider^[1]
- T. d. decussata (Bell, 1830) – eastern Cuban slider^[1]
Trachemys dorbigni (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835) – D'Orbigny's slider^[1]
Trachemys emolli (Legler, 1990) – Nicaraguan slider^[1]
Trachemys gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939) – Big Bend slider^[1]
Trachemys hartwegi (Legler, 1990) – Nazas slider^[1]^[4]
Trachemys medemi Vargas-Ramírez, del Valle, Ceballos & Fritz, 2017 – Atrato slider^[5]
Trachemys nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) – Baja California slider^[1]
- T. n. hiltoni (Carr, 1942) – Fuerte slider^[1]
- T. n. nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) – Baja California slider^[1]
Trachemys ornata (Gray, 1830) – ornate slider^[1]
Trachemys scripta (Thunberg, 1792) – pond slider^[1]
- T. s. elegans (Wied, 1839) – red-eared slider^[1]
- T. s. scripta (Thunberg, 1792) – yellow-bellied slider^[1]
- T. s. troostii (Holbrook, 1836) – Cumberland slider^[1]
Trachemys stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Central Antillean slider^[1]
- T. s. malonei (Barbour & Carr, 1938) – Inagua slider^[1]
- T. s. stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Puerto Rican slider^[1]
- T. s. vicina (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Dominican slider^[1]
Trachemys taylori (Legler, 1960) – Cuatro Ciénegas slider^[1]
Trachemys terrapen (Bonnaterre, 1789) – Jamaican slider^[1]
Trachemys venusta (Gray, 1856) – Meso-American slider^[6]^[7]
- T. v. cataspila (Günther, 1885) – Huasecan slider^[6]^[7]
- T. v. grayi (Bocourt, 1868) – Gray's slider or Tehuantepec slider^[6]^[7]^[3]
- T. v. iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Yucatan slider^[6]
- T. v. panamensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Panamanian slider^[6]
- T. v. uhrigi McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Uhrig's slider^[6]
- T. v. venusta (Gray, 1856) – Belize slider^[6]^[7]
Trachemys yaquia (Legler & Webb, 1970) – Yaqui slider^[1]

Nota bene: In the above list, a binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.

Fossil

† Trachemys inflata Weaver & Robertson, 1967 - inflated slider turtle^[8]
† Trachemys haugrudi Jasinski, 2018 - Haugrud's slider turtle^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b Harfush-Meléndez, Martha; Buskirk, James R. (2008-07-29). "New Distributional Data on the Tehuantepec Slider, Trachemys grayi, in Oaxaca, Mexico". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 7 (2): 274–276. doi:10.2744/CCB-0710.1. S2CID 86009087.
^ Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2021-11-15). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs. Vol. 8. Chelonian Research Foundation and Turtle Conservancy. doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021. ISBN 978-0-9910368-3-7. S2CID 244279960.
^ Vargas-Ramírez, Mario; del Valle, Carlos; Ceballos, Claudia P.; Fritz, Uwe (2017). "Trachemys medemi n. sp. from northwestern Colombia turns the biogeography of South American slider turtles". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 55 (4): 326-339. doi:10.1111/jzs.12179
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 210-211.
^ Jasinski, Steve (May 2013). "Fossil Trachemys (Testudines: Emydidae) from the Late Hemphillian of Eastern Tennessee and Its Implications for the Evolution of the Emydidae". Doctoral dissertation, East Tennessee State University. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
^ Jasinski, Steven E. (2018-02-13). "A new slider turtle (Testudines: Emydidae: Deirochelyinae: Trachemys) from the late Hemphillian (late Miocene/early Pliocene) of eastern Tennessee and the evolution of the deirochelyines". PeerJ. 6: e4338. doi:10.7717/peerj.4338. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5815335. PMID 29456887.

External links

University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web | Genus Trachemys (sliders)

Emydidae family

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae

Genera

Species of the Emydidae family

Chrysemys

Painted turtle

Clemmys

Spotted turtle

Deirochelys

Chicken turtle

Actinemys

Emys

Emydoidea

Blanding's turtle

Glyptemys

Graptemys

Malaclemys

Diamondback terrapin

Pseudemys

Terrapene

Trachemys

†Wilburemys

†Wilburemys yakimensis

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.

Testudines

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Diapsida
Order: Testudines

Suborder

Superfamily

Family

Genus

Cryptodira

Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)

Cheloniidae	†Allopleuron Caretta †Carolinochelys Chelonia †Eochelone Eretmochelys †Gigantatypus †Glarichelys †Itilochelys Lepidochelys †Mexichelys †Miocaretta Natator †Pacifichelys †Syllomus †Tasbacka
Dermochelyidae	†Arabemys †Corsochelys †Cosmochelys Dermochelys †Eosphargis †Mesodermochelys †Psephophorus
	†Euclastes †Peritresius †Procolpochelys †Protosphargis †Puppigerus

Kinosternoidea

Dermatemydidae	Dermatemys
Kinosternidae	Claudius †Hoplochelys Kinosternon Staurotypus Sternotherus

Testudinoidea

Emydidae	†Acherontemys Chrysemys Clemmys Deirochelys Emys Actinemys Emydoidea Glyptemys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Terrapene Trachemys †Wilburemys
Geoemydidae	Batagur †Banhxeochelys Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Rhinoclemmys Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys
Platysternidae	Platysternon
Testudinidae	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Centrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis †Cymatholcus †Floridemys Geochelone Gopherus †Hadrianus †Hesperotestudo Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria †Megalochelys †Oligopherus Psammobates Pyxis †Solitudo Stigmochelys †Stylemys Testudo

Trionychia

Carettochelyidae	†Allaeochelys †Anosteira Carettochelys
Trionychidae	Amyda Apalone †Axestemys Chitra Cyclanorbis Cycloderma †Drazinderetes Dogania †Gilmoremys †Hutchemys †Khunnuchelys Lissemys Nilssonia Palea †Palaeoamyda Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx
	†Basilochelys †Sinaspideretes

Chelydridae	Chelydra †Chelydrops †Chelydropsis †Emarginachelys †Macrocephalochelys Macrochelys †Planiplastron †Protochelydra
†Nanhsiungchelyidae	†Anomalochelys †Basilemys †Jiangxichelys
†Protostegidae	†Alienochelys †Archelon †Atlantochelys †Bouliachelys †Calcarichelys †Cratochelone †Desmatochelys †Iserosaurus †Notochelone †Ocepechelon †Pneumatoarthrus †Protostega †Rhinochelys †Santanachelys †Terlinguachelys
	†Adocus †Argillochelys †Bashuchelys †Ctenochelys †Prionochelys †Toxochelys

Pleurodira

†Araripemydidae	†Araripemys
†Bothremydidae	†Araiochelys †Arenila †Azabbaremys †Bothremys †Cearachelys †Chedighaii †Chupacabrachelys †Eotaphrosphys †Foxemys †Galianemys †Ilatardia †Inaechelys †Itapecuruemys †Jainemys †Kinkonychelys †Kurmademys †Labrostochelys †Nigeremys †Phosphatochelys †Polysternon †Puentemys †Rosasia †Rhothonemys †Sankuchemys †Taphrosphys †Ummulisani †Zolhafah
Chelidae	Acanthochelys Chelodina Chelus Elseya Elusor Emydura Hydromedusa †Lomalatachelys Mesoclemmys Myuchelys Phrynops Platemys †Prochelidella Pseudemydura Rheodytes Rhinemys †Yaminuechelys
Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa Pelusios
Podocnemididae	†Albertwoodemys †Bauruemys †Brontochelys †Caninemys †Carbonemys †Cerrejonemys †Cordichelys Erymnochelys †Lapparentemys †Latentemys Peltocephalus Podocnemis †Stupendemys
†Sahonachelyidae	†Sahonachelys †Sokatra

	†Caribemys †Caririemys †Tacuarembemys

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.

See also List of Testudines families

Taxon identifiers
Trachemys	Wikidata: Q385417 Wikispecies: Trachemys ADW: Trachemys AFD: Trachemys BOLD: 80310 CoL: 647YD EoL: 14535 GBIF: 2442941 iNaturalist: 39776 IRMNG: 1295744 ITIS: 173818 NBN: NHMSYS0000375240 NCBI: 34902 Open Tree of Life: 725750 Paleobiology Database: 68066 WoRMS: 999900