Biology:Cuatro Ciénegas slider
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Short description: Species of turtle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Trachemys |
| Species: | T. taylori
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The Cuatro Ciénegas slider (Trachemys taylori),[1][2] also known commonly as la jicotea de Cuatrociénegas in Mexican Spanish,[3] is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. The species is native to northeastern Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, taylori, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.[4]
Geographic range
T. taylori is endemic to the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in Coahuila state, Mexico.[2][1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. taylori is freshwater wetlands.[5]
Conservation status
T. taylori is an endangered species.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 209.
- ↑ Species Trachemys taylori at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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 taylori, p. 261).
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Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125632/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20110501060224/http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
Further reading
- Legler JM (1960). "A New Subspecies of Slider Turtle (Pseudemys scripta) from Coahuila, México". University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History 13 (3): 73–84. (Pseudemys scripta taylori, new subspecies).
Wikidata ☰ Q1822916 entry
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