Cuatro Ciénegas slider

The Cuatro Ciénegas slider (Trachemys taylori),^[2][3] also known commonly as la jicotea de Cuatrociénegas in Spanish,^[4] is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. The species is native to northeastern Mexico.

Cuatro Ciénegas slider
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. taylori
Binomial name
Trachemys taylori (Legler, 1960)[2][3]
Synonyms[3]
Pseudemys scripta taylori Legler, 1960 Chrysemys scripta taylori — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1966 Chrysemys gaigeae taylori — Weaver & Rose, 1967 Chrysemys taylori — Weaver & Rose, 1967 Trachemys scripta taylori — Iverson, 1985 Trachemys nebulosa taylori — Fritz, 1995 Trachemys ornata taylori — Walls, 1996 Trachemys taylori — Seidel, 2002

Etymology

The specific name, taylori, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.^[5]

Geographic range

T. taylori is endemic to the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in Coahuila state, Mexico.^[3][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. taylori is freshwater wetlands.^[1]

Conservation status

T. taylori is an endangered species.^[1]