Cuban slider
Cuban slider | |
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Taco river slider or hickatee T. d. angusta Grand Cayman | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Trachemys |
Species: | T. decussata
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Binomial name | |
Trachemys decussata (Gray, 1831)
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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[]
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 202–203. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Trachemys decussata Gray, 1831". The Reptiles Database. J. Craig Venter Institute. Retrieved March 3, 2010.[permanent dead link]
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Categories:
- Trachemys
- Endemic fauna of Cuba
- Turtles of North America
- Reptiles described in 1831
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Turtle stubs