Central Antillean slider

Central Antillean slider
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. stejnegeri
Binomial name
Trachemys stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928)
Synonyms
Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri Pseudemys stejnegeri Schmidt, 1928 Pseudemys palustris stejnegeri — Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934 Pseudemys stejnegeri stejnegeri — Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys terrapen stejnegeri — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys decussata stejnegeri — E. Williams, 1956 Chrysemys decussata stejnegeri — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975 Chrysemys stejnegeri — Bickham & Baker, 1976 Chrysemys terrapen stejnegeri — Obst, 1983 Trachemys stejnegeri — Seidel & Incháustegui, 1984 Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri — Iverson, 1985 Trachemys stejnegeri malonei Pseudemys malonei Barbour & Carr, 1938 Pseudemys palustris malonei — Mertens, 1939 Pseudemys terrapen malonei — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Chrysemys malonei — Schwartz, 1968 Chrysemys terrapen malonei — Obst, 1983 Trachemys stejnegeri malonei — Iverson, 1985 Trachemys malonei — Seidel & Adkins, 1987 Trachemys stejnegeri vicina Pseudemys vicina Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys stejnegeri vicina — Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys terrapen vicina — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys decussata vicina — E. Williams, 1956 Chrysemys decussata vicina — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975 Chrysemys stejnegeri vicina — Bickham & Baker, 1976 Chrysemys terrapen vicina — Obst, 1983 Trachemys stejnegeri vicina — Seidel & Incháustegui, 1984 Chrysemys terrapen wicina Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993 (ex errore)

The Central Antillean slider (Trachemys stejnegeri) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is found on three islands in the West Indies: Hispaniola, Great Inagua, and Puerto Rico.

Etymology

The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Norwegian-born American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger.

Geographic range

T. stejnegeri is found on the islands of Puerto Rico, Great Inagua, and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti).

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

• Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Puerto Rican slider
• Trachemys stejnegeri malonei (Barbour & Carr, 1938) – Inagua slider
• Trachemys stejnegeri vicina (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Dominican slider

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.

External links

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (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.
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

Further reading

• Schmidt KP (1928). "Scientific Survey of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Amphibians and Land Reptiles of Puerto Rico, With a List of Those Reported from the Virgin Islands". New York Acad. Sci. 10 (1): 1–160. (Pseudemys stejnegeri, new species, pp. 147–150; Figures 51–52).
• Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Chrysemys decussata stejnegeri, new combination, p. 47; C. d. vicina, new combination, p. 48; C. malonei, p. 48).