Central_Antillean_slider

Central Antillean slider

Central Antillean slider

Species of reptile

The Central Antillean slider (Trachemys stejnegeri) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is found on three islands in the West Indies: Hispaniola, Great Inagua, and Puerto Rico.

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Etymology

The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Norwegian-born American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger.[4]

Geographic range

T. stejnegeri is found on the islands of Puerto Rico, Great Inagua,[5] and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti).[2]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.

References

  1. [1]
    "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Trachemys stejnegeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. August 1996.
  2. [2]
    Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.103-000.104.
  3. [3]
    Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 208–209. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
  4. [4]
    Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachemys stejnegeri, p. 252).
  5. [5]
    Fritz & Havaš 2007, pp. 208-209.

Further reading

  • Schmidt KP (1928). "Scientific Survey of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Amphibians and Land Reptiles of Puerto Rico, With a List of Those Reported from the Virgin Islands". New York Acad. Sci. 10 (1): 1–160. (Pseudemys stejnegeri, new species, pp. 147–150; Figures 51–52).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Chrysemys decussata stejnegeri, new combination, p. 47; C. d. vicina, new combination, p. 48; C. malonei, p. 48).
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