Dominican slider
Dominican slider | |
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Conservation status
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Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Trachemys |
Species: | T. stejnegeri
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Subspecies: | T. s. vicina
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Trinomial name | |
Trachemys stejnegeri vicina (Barbour & Carr, 1940)
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The Dominican slider (Trachemys stejnegeri vicina)[1] is a subspecies of turtle in the family Emydidae. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
References[]
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- ^ Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-15.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Trachemys
- Endemic fauna of Hispaniola
- Reptiles of the Dominican Republic
- Reptiles of Haiti