Ornate slider

The ornate slider[3] (Trachemys ornata)[2] is turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. It is found in Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa in western Mexico.[2]

Ornate slider
Juvenile ornate slider illustrated by James de Carle Sowerby
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. ornata
Binomial name
Trachemys ornata (Gray, 1830)[2]
Synonymsref name="Fritz2007">Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 206. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.</ref>
Emys ornata Gray, 1831 Clemmys (Clemmys) ornata Fitzinger, 1835 Callichelys ornata Gray, 1863 Pseudemys ornata Cope, 1876 Chrysemys ornata Boulenger, 1889 Chrysemys [ornata] ornata Siebenrock, 1909 Pseudemys ornata ornata Mertens, Müller & Rust, 1934 Pseudemys scripta ornata Carr, 1938 Pseudomys scripta ornata Malkin, 1956 Chrysemys scripta ornata Smith & Taylor, 1966 Trachemys scripta ornata Iverson, 1985 Trachemys ornata King & Burke, 1989 Trachemys ornata ornata Walls, 1996

Subspecies

• No subspecies[2]

References

1. Frost, D.; Hammerson, G. & Gadsden, H. (2007). "Trachemys ornata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63661A97430544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63661A12704799.en.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
2. Rhodin 2010, p. 000.103
3. Trachemys ornata, Reptile Database

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, 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.