Cuatro_Ciénegas_slider

Cuatro Ciénegas slider

Cuatro Ciénegas slider

Species of turtle

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.

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    van Dijk, P.P.; Flores-Villela, O. (2016) [errata version of 2007 assessment]. "Trachemys taylori ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63662A97431374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63662A12693739.en. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. [2]
    Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104
  3. [3]
    Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 209.
  4. [4]
    Species Trachemys taylori at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  5. [5]
    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 taylori, p. 261).

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Legler JM (1960). "A New Subspecies of Slider Turtle (Pseudemys scripta) from Coahuila, México". University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History 13 (3): 73–84. (Pseudemys scripta taylori, new subspecies).
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