Cuban slider

Cuban slider

Taco river slider or hickatee T. d. angusta Grand Cayman
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Subclass:	Anapsida
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. decussata
Binomial name
*Trachemys decussata* (Gray, 1831)
Subspecies
T. d. decussata T. d. angusta
Synonyms^[1]
Trachemys decussata decussata Emys decussata Gray, 1831 Emys rugosa Gray, 1831 Emys vermiculata Gray, 1844 Ptychemys decussata Agassiz, 1857 Trachemys rugosa Agassiz, 1857 Emys jamao Duméril, 1861 (nomen nudum) Clemmys decussata Strauch, 1862 Clemmys rugosa Strauch, 1862 Emys gnatho Vilaró, 1868 Emys jamao Vilaró, 1868 Pseudemys decussata Gray, 1870 Chrysemys scripta var. rugosa Boulenger, 1889 Pseudemys decussata decussata Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys decussata plana Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys rugosa decussata Mittleman, 1947 Pseudemys rugosa rugosa Mittleman, 1947 Pseudemys terrapen decussata Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys terrapen plana Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys terrapen rugosa Wermuth & Mertens, 1961 Chrysemys (Trachemys) decussata McDowell, 1964 Chrysemys decussata decussata Schwartz & Thomas, 1975 Chrysemys terrapen decussata Obst, 1983 Chrysemys terrapen plana Obst, 1983 Trachemys decussata Seidel & Incháustegui, 1984 Chrysemys terrapen rugosa Obst, 1985 Trachemys decussata decussata Iverson, 1985 Trachemys decussata plana Iverson, 1985 Trachemys terrapen rugosa Vanzolini, 1995 Trachemys decussata angusta Pseudemys decussata angusta Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys granti Barbour & Carr, 1941 Pseudemys rugosa angusta Mittleman, 1947 Pseudemys terrapen angusta Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys terrapen granti Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys decussata granti Williams, 1956 Pseudemys stejnegeri granti Pritchard, 1967 Chrysemys terrapen granti Williams, 1969 Chrysemys decussata granti Schwartz & Thomas, 1975 Chrysemys terrapen angusta Obst, 1983 Trachemys decussata angusta Iverson, 1985 Trachemys decussata granti Iverson, 1985 Trachemys granti Seidel, 1988 Trachemys stejnegeri granti Stubbs, 1989 Trachemys decussata angusti Franz, Dodd & Budden, 1993 (ex errore) Trachemys decorata angusta Obst, 1996

Cuban slider (Trachemys decussata), is a species of turtle.^[2] It is native to Cuba and Isla de la Juventud, but has also been introduced to Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands (where it is known as the Taco river slider or Hickatee, and Marie Galante (Guadeloupe).^[2]

Gallery

Profile of T. decussata angusta
Shell of T. decussata angusta
Plastron of T. decussata angusta

References

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↑ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 202–203. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
1 2 "Trachemys decussata Gray, 1831". The Reptiles Database. J. Craig Venter Institute. Retrieved March 3, 2010.

Family Emydidae (pond turtles)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Emydidae

Genus	Species of the subfamily Deirochelyinae

Chrysemys	Painted turtle

Deirochelys	Chicken turtle

Graptemys	Alabama map turtle Barbour's map turtle Black-knobbed map turtle Cagle's map turtle Escambia map turtle False map turtle Northern map turtle Ouachita map turtle Pascagoula map turtle Pearl River map turtle Ringed map turtle Texas map turtle Yellow-blotched map turtle

Malaclemys	Diamondback terrapin

Pseudemys	Alabama red-bellied cooter Northern red-bellied cooter Florida red-bellied cooter Peninsula cooter Rio Grande cooter River cooter Texas river cooter

Trachemys	Big bend slider Baja California slider Central Antillean slider Colombian slider Cuatro Cienegas slider Cuban slider D'Orbigny's slider Hispaniolan slider Jamaican slider Maranhão slider Meso-American slider Nicaraguan slider Ornate slider Pond slider Yaqui slider

	Species of the subfamily Emydinae

Clemmys	Spotted turtle

Emys	Blanding's turtle European pond turtle Sicilian pond turtle Western pond turtle

Glyptemys	Bog turtle Wood turtle

Terrapene	Coahuilan box turtle Common box turtle Ornate box turtle Spotted box turtle

Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist. Subspecies and the extinct (Gyremys sectabilis) are not included.

Extant turtle taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Chelonii or Testudines

Suborder

Superfamily

Family

Subfamily	Genus

Cryptodira

Chelydridae

	Chelydra Macrochelys

Chelonioidea

Cheloniidae

Carettinae	Caretta Lepidochelys

Cheloniinae	Chelonia Eretmochelys Natator

Dermochelyidae

	Dermochelys

Kinosternoidea

Dermatemydidae

	Dermatemys

Kinosternidae

Kinosterninae	Kinosternon Sternotherus

Staurotypinae	Claudius Staurotypus

Testudinoidea

Emydidae

Deirochelyinae	Chrysemys Deirochelys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Trachemys

Emydinae	Clemmys Emys Glyptemys Terrapene

Geoemydidae

Geoemydinae	Batagur Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys

Rhinoclemmydinae	Rhinoclemmys

Platysternidae

	Platysternon

Testudinidae

	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis Geochelone Gopherus Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria Psammobates Pyxis Stigmochelys Testudo

Trionychia

Carettochelyidae

	Carettochelys

Trionychidae

Cyclanorbinae	Cyclanorbis Cycloderma Lissemys

Trionychinae	Amyda Apalone Chitra Dogania Nilssonia Palea Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx

Pleurodira

Chelidae

Chelinae	Acanthochelys Chelus Mesoclemmys Phrynops Platemys Rhinemys

Chelodininae	Chelodina Elseya Elusor Emydura Flaviemys Myuchelys Pseudemydura Rheodytes

Hydromedusinae	Hydromedusa

Pelomedusidae

	Pelomedusa Pelusios

Podocnemididae

	Erymnochelys Peltocephalus Podocnemis

Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2012 update: annotated checklist. Extinct turtles not included.

Portal Book See also List of Testudines families

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