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)
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- 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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