Trachemys

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. Species under this genus are commonly referred to as sliders.

Two red-eared sliders basking at Captain Falcon Park in Corpus Christi, Texas (15 April 2016).

Mesoamerican slider (Trachemys venusta cataspila) in Tamaulipas, Mexico (22 September 2004).

Trachemys Temporal range: Late Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Trachemys Agassiz, 1857[1][2][3]
Synonyms
Calliclemys[1][2] Redemys[1][2]

Species and subspecies

Extant

• Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995 – Maranhão slider^[1]
• Trachemys callirostris (Gray, 1856) – Colombian slider^[1]
  • T. c. callirostris (Gray, 1856) – Colombian slider^[1]
  • T. c. chichiriviche (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) – Venezuelan slider^[1]
• Trachemys decorata (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Hispaniolan slider^[1]
• Trachemys decussata (Bell, 1830) – Cuban slider^[1]
  • T. d. angusta (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – western Cuban slider^[1]
  • T. d. decussata (Bell, 1830) – eastern Cuban slider^[1]
• Trachemys dorbigni (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835) – D'Orbigny's slider^[1]
• Trachemys emolli (Legler, 1990) – Nicaraguan slider^[1]
• Trachemys gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939) – Big Bend slider^[1]
• Trachemys hartwegi (Legler, 1990) – Nazas slider^[1][4]
• Trachemys medemi Vargas-Ramírez, del Valle, Ceballos & Fritz, 2017 – Atrato slider^[5]
• Trachemys nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) – Baja California slider^[1]
  • T. n. hiltoni (Carr, 1942) – Fuerte slider^[1]
  • T. n. nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) – Baja California slider^[1]
• Trachemys ornata (Gray, 1830) – ornate slider^[1]
• Trachemys scripta (Thunberg, 1792) – pond slider^[1]
  • T. s. elegans (Wied, 1839) – red-eared slider^[1]
  • T. s. scripta (Thunberg, 1792) – yellow-bellied slider^[1]
  • T. s. troostii (Holbrook, 1836) – Cumberland slider^[1]
• Trachemys stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Central Antillean slider^[1]
  • T. s. malonei (Barbour & Carr, 1938) – Inagua slider^[1]
  • T. s. stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Puerto Rican slider^[1]
  • T. s. vicina (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Dominican slider^[1]
• Trachemys taylori (Legler, 1960) – Cuatro Ciénegas slider^[1]
• Trachemys terrapen (Bonnaterre, 1789) – Jamaican slider^[1]
• Trachemys venusta (Gray, 1856) – Meso-American slider^[6][7]
  • T. v. cataspila (Günther, 1885) – Huasecan slider^[6][7]
  • T. v. grayi (Bocourt, 1868) – Gray's slider or Tehuantepec slider^[6][7][3]
  • T. v. iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Yucatan slider^[6]
  • T. v. panamensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Panamanian slider^[6]
  • T. v. uhrigi McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Uhrig's slider^[6]
  • T. v. venusta (Gray, 1856) – Belize slider^[6][7]
• Trachemys yaquia (Legler & Webb, 1970) – Yaqui slider^[1]

Nota bene: In the above list, a binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.

Fossil shell of T. inflata, Florida Museum of Natural History

Fossil

• † Trachemys inflata Weaver & Robertson, 1967 - inflated slider turtle^[8]
• † Trachemys haugrudi Jasinski, 2018 - Haugrud's slider turtle^[9]