Ornate slider

The ornate slider^[4] (Trachemys ornata)^[2] is turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. It is found in Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa in western Mexico.^[2]

Ornate slider
Juvenile ornate slider illustrated by James de Carle Sowerby
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. ornata
Binomial name
Trachemys ornata (Gray, 1830)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Emys ornata Gray, 1831 Clemmys (Clemmys) ornata Fitzinger, 1835 Callichelys ornata Gray, 1863 Pseudemys ornata Cope, 1876 Chrysemys ornata Boulenger, 1889 Chrysemys [ornata] ornata Siebenrock, 1909 Pseudemys ornata ornata Mertens, Müller & Rust, 1934 Pseudemys scripta ornata Carr, 1938 Pseudomys scripta ornata Malkin, 1956 Chrysemys scripta ornata Smith & Taylor, 1966 Trachemys scripta ornata Iverson, 1985 Trachemys ornata King & Burke, 1989 Trachemys ornata ornata Walls, 1996

Subspecies

• No subspecies^[2]