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The species Trachemys gaigeae was first described by professor of zoology at the University of Michigan, Dr. Norman Edouard Hartweg, in 1939, as a subspecies, Pseudemys scripta gaigeae. Later, it was assigned to the genus Chrysemys, then to the genus Trachemys.
Trachemys gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939) Trachemys grayi (Bocourt, 1868) Trachemys nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) Trachemys ornata (Gray, 1831) VU; Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) Trachemys taylori (Legler, 1960) Trachemys venusta (Gray, 1855) Trachemys yaquia (Legler & Webb, 1970)
Trachemys is a genus of turtles belonging to the family Emydidae. [1] Members of this genus are native to the Americas , ranging from the Midwestern United States south to northern Argentina , but one subspecies, the red-eared slider ( T. scripta elegans ), has been introduced worldwide.
Trachemys gaigeae hartwegi — Seidel, 2002; The Nazas slider (Trachemys hartwegi) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. It is endemic to northern Mexico. [1]
Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae) Ornate slider (Trachemys ornata) Jamaican slider (Trachemys terrapen) Yaqui slider (Trachemys yaquia) Other turtle species.
Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae) VU; Alabama red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis) EN; Family Testudinidae (tortoises) Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) VU; Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) VU; Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles) Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) VU
Turtles are less numerous than their other reptilian counterparts, but several are found in the region, including: the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii); the Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi); the desert box turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola); the Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae gaigeae); the Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon ...
The Baja California slider has an exceedingly limited geographic range, currently found from San Ignacio southward into Baja California Sur.They were endemic only to the Río San José basin in the greater Cabo San Lucas area (where they are now exceedingly rare due to over fishing) but as early as the late 1700s they were transported northwards by natives to provide a continuing food source.