Meso-American slider

Meso-American slider
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Subclass:	Anapsida
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. venusta
Binomial name
Trachemys venusta (Grayr, 1856)[1][2]
Synonyms
Trachemys scripta venusta[2] Emys venusta[1]

The Meso-American slider (Trachemys venusta)^[1][2] is a species of turtle belonging to the Trachemys genus of the family Emydidae with a distribution from Mexico to Honduros.^[2]

Distribution

This species is found from Mexico to Colombia:

• Trachemys venusta venusta is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz and Yucatan.
• Trachemys venusta cataspila meets in Mexico in the states of San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas and Veracruz.
• Trachemys venusta grayi is found in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca.

years 2010 on New species is found:

• Trachemys venusta iversoni meets in Mexico in the state of Yucatan.
• Trachemys venusta panamensis in Panama.
• Trachemys venusta Uhrigi is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Chocó.

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.^[1]

Subspecies

• Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize slider ^[1][2]
• Trachemys venusta cataspila – Huasecan slider^[1][2]
• Trachemys venusta grayi – Gray's slider^[1][2]
• Trachemys venusta iversoni – Yucatana slider^[1]
• Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panamanian slider^[1]
• Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Uhrig's slider^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Fritz 2007, pp. 210-211

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Paul van Dijk, Peter; Inverson, 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 on 2010-12-15. http://www.webcitation.org/5uzfktoIh. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (pdf). Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. http://www.webcitation.org/5vKyEUcP0. Retrieved 2010-12-29.