Cuatro Ciénegas slider
Appearance
Cuatro Ciénegas slider | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Trachemys |
Species: | T. taylori
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Binomial name | |
Trachemys taylori | |
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The Cuatro Ciénegas slider (Trachemys taylori)[2][3] 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.[4]
Geographic range
T. taylori is endemic to the Cuatro Ciénegas basin of Coahuila state in northeastern Mexico.[3][2]
Conservation status
T. taylori is an endangered species.
References
- ^ van Dijk, P.P.; Flores-Villela, O. (2007). "Trachemys taylori". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. IUCN: e.T63662A97431374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63662A12693739.en. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
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- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachemys taylori, p. 261).
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.
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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).
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