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Maranhão slider

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Maranhão slider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species:
T. adiutrix
Binomial name
Trachemys adiutrix
Vanzolini, 1995
Synonyms[2]
  • Trachemys aduitrix Vanzolini, 1995 (ex errore)

The Maranhão slider (Trachemys adiutrix), also commonly known as the Brazilian slider,[3][4] or Carvalho's slider, is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae.

Geographic range

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Trachemys adiutrix is endemic to northeastern Brazil. One of its English common names refers to the Brazilian state of Maranhão, but it also occurs in the Brazilian state of Piauí.

Etymology

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The specific name, adiutrix, which is Latin feminine for "helper", comes in honor of Dr. Maria do Socorro Pinheiro, field companion of Vanzolini.[4] Her surname, Socorro, means "help" in Portuguese.[5]

The eponym, Carvalho's slider, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.[3]

Taxonomy

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T. adiutrix is sometimes considered a subspecies of T. dorbigni as T. dorbigni adiutrix,[4] which may have been introduced.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tortoise.; Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. (2016) [errata version of 1996 assessment]. "Trachemys adiutrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T40762A97298795. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T40762A10363082.en. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
  2. ^ a b Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 201. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.
  3. ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
  4. ^ a b c Species Trachemys dorbigni at The Reptile Database
  5. ^ "socorro". WordReference.com.

Further reading

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Data related to Trachemys adiutrix at Wikispecies

  • Vanzolini, P.E. (1995). "A new species of turtle, genus Trachemys, from the state of Maranhão, Brazil (Testudines, Emydidae)". Revista Brasileira de Biologia. 55 (1): 111–125. ISSN 0034-7108.