EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Trachemys ornata
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
species..............Trachemys ornata (Ornate Slider)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1831b : 30
- Syntypes
- (2 specimens) BMNH 1946.1.22.40; BMNH 1946.1.22.41
- Type Locality
- "American Meridionali....Mazatland" [= Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico]
- Original name
- Trachemys ornata
- Common Name
- Ornate Slider
- Distribution
- Sinaloa to Guerrero, Mexico
- Comments
- None
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