Big Bend slider

Big Bend slider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species:
T. gaigeae
Binomial name
Trachemys gaigeae
Hartweg, 1939
Synonyms[2]

Nota bene: Dashes indicate scientific names which are simply new combinations, i.e., not new taxa.

  • Pseudemys scripta gaigeae
    Hartweg, 1939
  • Pseudemys gaigeae
    — Stejneger & Barbour, 1939
  • Pseudemys scripta gagei
    Zweig & Crenshaw, 1957
    (ex errore)
  • Chrysemys scripta gaigeae
    — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1966
  • Pseudemys scripta gaigei
    Ernst, 1967 (ex errore)
  • Chrysemys gaigeae
    — Weaver & Rose, 1967
  • Pseudemys scripta gaigea Degenhardt & Christiansen, 1974
    (ex errore)
  • Chrysemys gaigae
    Ashton, Edwards & Pisani, 1976
    (ex errore)
  • Chrysemys gaigea
    — Morafka, 1977
  • Chrysemys scripta gaigae
    — Morafka, 1977
  • Trachemys nebulosa gaigeae
    — Ward, 1984
  • Pseudemys scripta gaigae
    — Stebbins, 1985
  • Trachemys scripta gaigeae
    — Iverson, 1985
  • Trachemys gaigeae
    — Dixon, 1987
  • Trachemys gaigae
    — Williamson, Hyder & Applegarth, 1994
  • Trachemys ornata gaigeae
    — Walls, 1996
  • Trachemys gaigeae gaigeae
    — Seidel, 2002
  • Trachemys scripta gaigae
    — Gurley, 2003
  • Trachemys nebulosa gaigae
    — Joseph-Ouni, 2004

The Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae), also called commonly the Mexican Plateau slider and la jicotea de la meseta mexicana in Mexican Spanish, is a species of aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

  1. ^ van Dijk PP (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Trachemys gaigeae ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T22024A97429519. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T22024A9346883.en. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 205. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.