Cumberland slider

Cumberland slider
Trachemys scripta troostii, hatchling

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
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. scripta
Subspecies:
T. s. troostii
Trinomial name
Trachemys scripta troostii
(Holbrook, 1836)
Range map of the three subspecies of pond slider. The Cumberland slider is shown in blue.
Synonyms[2]
  • Emys troostii
    Holbrook, 1836
  • Emys cumberlandensis
    Holbrook, 1840
  • Trachemys troostii
    — Agassiz, 1857
  • Clemmys troostii
    — Strauch, 1862
  • Pseudemys troostii
    — Cope, 1875
  • Chrysemys troostii
    — Boulenger, 1889
  • Pseudemys troosti [sic]
    Zeleny & Faust, 1915
    (ex errore)
  • Pseudemys scripta troostii
    — Carr, 1937
  • Pseudemys troostii troostii
    — Stejneger & Barbour, 1939
  • Pseudemys scripta troosti
    — E. Williams, 1950
  • Chrysemys scripta troosti
    — Weaver & Rose, 1967
  • Chrysemys scripta troostii
    — Ernst & Barbour, 1972
  • Trachemys scripta troosti
    — Iverson, 1985
  • Trachemys scripta troostii
    — Iverson, 1986

The Cumberland slider (Trachemys scripta troostii), also called commonly the Cumberland turtle and Troost's turtle, is a subspecies of pond slider, a semiaquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. The subspecies is indigenous to the Southeastern United States.

  1. ^ NatureServe (5 May 2023). "Trachemys scripta troostii ". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 208. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.