Cuban slider

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]

Cuban slider
Taco river slider or hickatee T. d. angusta Grand Cayman
Scientific classification
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)
Subspecies
T. d. decussata T. d. angusta
Synonyms[1]
Trachemys decussata decussata Emys decussata Gray, 1831 Emys rugosa Gray, 1831 Emys vermiculata Gray, 1844 Ptychemys decussata Agassiz, 1857 Trachemys rugosa Agassiz, 1857 Emys jamao Duméril, 1861 (nomen nudum) Clemmys decussata Strauch, 1862 Clemmys rugosa Strauch, 1862 Emys gnatho Vilaró, 1868 Emys jamao Vilaró, 1868 Pseudemys decussata Gray, 1870 Chrysemys scripta var. rugosa Boulenger, 1889 Pseudemys decussata decussata Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys decussata plana Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys rugosa decussata Mittleman, 1947 Pseudemys rugosa rugosa Mittleman, 1947 Pseudemys terrapen decussata Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys terrapen plana Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys terrapen rugosa Wermuth & Mertens, 1961 Chrysemys (Trachemys) decussata McDowell, 1964 Chrysemys decussata decussata Schwartz & Thomas, 1975 Chrysemys terrapen decussata Obst, 1983 Chrysemys terrapen plana Obst, 1983 Trachemys decussata Seidel & Incháustegui, 1984 Chrysemys terrapen rugosa Obst, 1985 Trachemys decussata decussata Iverson, 1985 Trachemys decussata plana Iverson, 1985 Trachemys terrapen rugosa Vanzolini, 1995 Trachemys decussata angusta Pseudemys decussata angusta Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys granti Barbour & Carr, 1941 Pseudemys rugosa angusta Mittleman, 1947 Pseudemys terrapen angusta Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys terrapen granti Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys decussata granti Williams, 1956 Pseudemys stejnegeri granti Pritchard, 1967 Chrysemys terrapen granti Williams, 1969 Chrysemys decussata granti Schwartz & Thomas, 1975 Chrysemys terrapen angusta Obst, 1983 Trachemys decussata angusta Iverson, 1985 Trachemys decussata granti Iverson, 1985 Trachemys granti Seidel, 1988 Trachemys stejnegeri granti Stubbs, 1989 Trachemys decussata angusti Franz, Dodd & Budden, 1993 (ex errore) Trachemys decorata angusta Obst, 1996

Gallery

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  Profile of T. decussata angusta
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  Shell of T. decussata angusta
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  Plastron of T. decussata angusta