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]
Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...
| Ornate slider |
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| Juvenile ornate slider illustrated by James de Carle Sowerby |
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| 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
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| 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
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