Central Antillean slider

Central Antillean slider
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. stejnegeri
Binomial name
	Trachemys stejnegeri; (Schmidt, 1928)
Synonyms
	Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri ; Pseudemys stejnegeri ; Schmidt, 1928; Pseudemys palustris stejnegeri ; — Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934; Pseudemys stejnegeri stejnegeri ; — Barbour & Carr, 1940; Pseudemys terrapen stejnegeri ; — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955; Pseudemys decussata stejnegeri ; — E. Williams, 1956; Chrysemys decussata stejnegeri ; — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975; Chrysemys stejnegeri ; — Bickham & Baker, 1976; Chrysemys terrapen stejnegeri ; — Obst, 1983; Trachemys stejnegeri ; — Seidel & Incháustegui, 1984; Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri ; — Iverson, 1985; Trachemys stejnegeri malonei Pseudemys malonei ; Barbour & Carr, 1938; Pseudemys palustris malonei ; — Mertens, 1939; Pseudemys terrapen malonei ; — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955; Chrysemys malonei ; — Schwartz, 1968; Chrysemys terrapen malonei ; — Obst, 1983; Trachemys stejnegeri malonei ; — Iverson, 1985; Trachemys malonei ; — Seidel & Adkins, 1987; Trachemys stejnegeri vicina Pseudemys vicina ; Barbour & Carr, 1940; Pseudemys stejnegeri vicina ; — Barbour & Carr, 1940; Pseudemys terrapen vicina ; — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955; Pseudemys decussata vicina ; — E. Williams, 1956; Chrysemys decussata vicina ; — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975; Chrysemys stejnegeri vicina ; — Bickham & Baker, 1976; Chrysemys terrapen vicina ; — Obst, 1983; Trachemys stejnegeri vicina ; — Seidel & Incháustegui, 1984; Chrysemys terrapen wicina ; Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993 ; (ex errore);

The Central Antillean slider (Trachemys stejnegeri) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is found on three islands in the West Indies: Hispaniola, Great Inagua, and Puerto Rico.

Etymology edit

The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Norwegian-born American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger.^[4]

Geographic range edit

T. stejnegeri is found on the islands of Puerto Rico, Great Inagua,^[5] and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti).^[2]

Subspecies edit

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Puerto Rican slider^[2]
Trachemys stejnegeri malonei (Barbour & Carr, 1938) – Inagua slider^[2]
Trachemys stejnegeri vicina (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Dominican slider^[2]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.

References edit

^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Trachemys stejnegeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. August 1996.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.103-000.104.
^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 208–209. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachemys stejnegeri, p. 252).
^ Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 208-209.

External links edit

Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (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 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-12-29.