EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Trachemys gaigeae


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
species..............Trachemys gaigeae (Big Bend Slider)
Original Description
Hartweg 1939 : 1
Holotype
UMMZ 66472
Type Locality
"Boquillas, Rio Grande River, Brewster County, Texas"
Original name
Trachemys gaigeae
Common Name
Big Bend Slider
Distribution
Upper Rio Grande and Rio Conchos basins of Texas and New Mexico, USA, and Chihuahua and Coahuila, Mexico
Comments
None
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