EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Trachemys decussata


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
species..............Trachemys decussata (North Antillean Slider)
Original Description
Gray 1831b : 28
Holotype
BMNH 1947.3.4.79
Type Locality
"America Boreali"; "West Indies" according to Mertens and Wermuth (1961:160)
Original name
Emys decussata
Common Name
North Antillean Slider
Distribution
Cuba and Isla de Pinos (= Juventud); possibly introduced on Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands
Comments
Reviewed by Seidel (1988) and Schwartz and Henderson (1991). Pseudemys granti Barbour and Carr (1941:59) is synonymous with T. d. angusta (see Seidel and Adkins, 1987), and P. d. plana Barbour and Carr (1940:405) is synonymous with T. d. decussata according to Seidel (1988). Also includes Emys rugosa Cocteau and Bibron (1843:17) according to Seidel (1988; among others).
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