Central Antillean slider

The Central Antillean slider (Trachemys stejnegeri), is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic to islands in the West Indies.

Central Antillean slider
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. stejnegeri
Binomial name
Trachemys stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri Pseudemys stejnegeri Schmidt, 1928 Pseudemys palustris stejnegeri — Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934 Pseudemys stejnegeri stejnegeri — Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys terrapen stejnegeri — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys decussata stejnegeri — E. Williams, 1956 Chrysemys decussata stejnegeri — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975 Chrysemys stejnegeri — Bickham & Baker, 1976 Chrysemys terrapen stejnegeri — Obst, 1983 Trachemys stejnegeri — Seidel & Incháustegui, 1984 Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri — Iverson, 1985 Trachemys stejnegeri malonei Pseudemys malonei Barbour & Carr, 1938 Pseudemys palustris malonei — Mertens, 1939 Pseudemys terrapen malonei — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Chrysemys malonei — Schwartz, 1968 Chrysemys terrapen malonei — Obst, 1983 Trachemys stejnegeri malonei — Iverson, 1985 Trachemys malonei — Seidel & Adkins, 1987 Trachemys stejnegeri vicina Pseudemys vicina Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys stejnegeri vicina — Barbour & Carr, 1940 Pseudemys terrapen vicina — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Pseudemys decussata vicina — E. Williams, 1956 Chrysemys decussata vicina — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975 Chrysemys stejnegeri vicina — Bickham & Baker, 1976 Chrysemys terrapen vicina — Obst, 1983 Trachemys stejnegeri vicina — Seidel & Incháustegui, 1984 Chrysemys terrapen wicina Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993 (ex errore)

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.

• Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Puerto Rican slider[2]
• Trachemys stejnegeri malonei (Barbour & Carr, 1938) – Inagua slider[2]
• Trachemys stejnegeri vicina (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Dominican slider[2]

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

References

1. Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). "Trachemys stejnegeri (errata version published in 2016)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T22026A97299425. https://dx.doi.org/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22026A9347196.en. Downloaded on 16 June 2020.
2. Rhodin 2010, p. 000.103-000.104.
3. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 208–209. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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. Fritz 2007, pp. 208-209. harvnb error: no target: CITEREFFritz2007 (help)

External links

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.

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).