Cuban slider
Cuban slider | |
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Taco river slider or hickatee T. d. angusta Grand Cayman | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Trachemys |
Species: | T. decussata |
Binomial name | |
Trachemys decussata (Gray, 1831) | |
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The Cuban slider (Trachemys decussata) is a species of turtle[2] native to Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud), but has also been introduced to Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands (where it is known as the taco river slider or hickatee), and Marie Galante in Guadeloupe.[2]
Gallery
[edit]- Profile of T. decussata angusta
- Shell of T. decussata angusta
- Plastron of T. decussata angusta
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- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 202–203. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.
- ^ a b "Trachemys decussata Gray, 1831". The Reptiles Database. J. Craig Venter Institute. Retrieved March 3, 2010.[permanent dead link]