Meso-American slider

Meso-American slider
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
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)
Synonyms
Trachemys venusta venusta Emys venusta Gray, 1856 Emys valida LeConte, 1860 Clemmys valida Strauch, 1862 Callichelys venusta Gray, 1863 Emys (Clemmys) salvini Günther, 1885 Pseudemys salvini Cope, 1887 Emys valida Malnate, 1971 Pseudemys scripta venusta Moll & Legler, 1971 Chrysemys scripta venusta Henderson & Hoevers, 1975 Trachemys scripta venusta Iverson, 1985 Trachemys ornata venusta Walls, 1996 Trachemys venusta venusta Seidel, 2002 Trachemys venusta cataspila Emys ventricosa Gray, 1856 Pseudemys ventricosa Gray, 1870 Emys (Clemmys) cataspila Günther, 1885 Pseudemys cataspila Cope, 1887 Chrysemys ornata var. cataspila Boulenger, 1889 Pseudemys scripta cataspila Carr, 1938 Pseudemys ornata cataspila Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Chrysemys scripta cataspila Smith & Smith, 1975 Trachemys scripta cataspila Iverson, 1985 Trachemys ornata cataspila Fritz, 1995 Trachemys venusta cataspila Seidel, 2002 Trachemys venusta grayi Emys grayi Bocourt, 1868 Callichelys grayii Gray, 1870 (ex errore) Emys umbra Bocourt, 1876 Pseudemys umbra Cope, 1887 Callichelys grayi Boulenger, 1889 Chrysemys grayi Boulenger, 1889 Clemmys umbra Strauch, 1890 Chrysemys umbra Lindholm, 1929 Pseudemys grayi Carr, 1938 Pseudemys ornata grayi Stuart, 1963 Pseudemys scripta grayi Legler & Webb, 1970 Chrysemys scripta grayi Smith & Smith, 1975 Pseudemys scripta umbra Pritchard, 1979 Trachemys scripta grayi Iverson, 1985 Trachemys grayi King & Burke, 1989 Trachemys ornata grayi Walls, 1996 Trachemys venusta grayi Seidel, 2002

The Meso-American slider (Trachemys venusta) is a species of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae with a distribution from Mexico to Colombia.

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 is 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.

Subspecies

• Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize slider
• Trachemys venusta cataspila – Huasecan slider
• Trachemys venusta grayi – Gray's slider
• Trachemys venusta iversoni – Yucatana slider
• Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panamanian slider
• Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Uhrig's slider

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. 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. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 

Further reading

• Jonathan A. Campbell: Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize. University of Oklahoma Press 1998, ISBN 0-8061-3064-4, pp. 114–115 (online copy at Google Books)