Cuatro Ciénegas slider

Cuatro Ciénegas slider
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. taylori
Binomial name
Trachemys taylori (Legler, 1960)[1][2]
Synonyms[2]
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)^[1][2] is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae.

Etymology

The specific name, taylori, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.^[3]

Geographic range

T. taylori is endemic to the Cuatro Ciénegas basin of Coahuila state in northeastern Mexico. ^[2][1]

Conservation status

T. taylori is an endangered species.

References

Bibliography

• 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 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 

Further reading

• Legler JM (1960). "A New Subspecies of Slider Turtle (Pseudemys scripta) from Coahuila, México". Univ. Kansas Pub. Mus. Nat. Hist. 13 (3): 73-84. (Pseudemys scripta taylori, new subspecies).

Wikispecies has information related to: Trachemys taylori

Family Emydidae (pond turtles)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Emydidae
Genus	Species of the subfamily Deirochelyinae
Chrysemys	Painted turtle
Deirochelys	Chicken turtle
Graptemys	Alabama map turtle Barbour's map turtle Black-knobbed map turtle Cagle's map turtle Escambia map turtle False map turtle Northern map turtle Ouachita map turtle Pascagoula map turtle Pearl River map turtle Ringed map turtle Texas map turtle Yellow-blotched map turtle
Malaclemys	Diamondback terrapin
Pseudemys	Alabama red-bellied cooter Northern red-bellied cooter Florida red-bellied cooter Peninsula cooter Rio Grande cooter River cooter Texas river cooter
Trachemys	Big Bend slider Baja California slider Central Antillean slider Colombian slider Cuatro Cienegas slider Cuban slider D'Orbigny's slider Hispaniolan slider Jamaican slider Maranhão slider Meso-American slider Nicaraguan slider Ornate slider Pond slider Yaqui slider
	Species of the subfamily Emydinae
Clemmys	Spotted turtle
Emys	Blanding's turtle European pond turtle Sicilian pond turtle Western pond turtle
Glyptemys	Bog turtle Wood turtle
Terrapene	Coahuilan box turtle Common box turtle Ornate box turtle Spotted box turtle
Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist. Subspecies and the extinct (Gyremys sectabilis) are not included.