Trachemys is a genus of turtles belonging to the family Emydidae. Members of this genus are native to the Americas, ranging from the Midwestern United States south to northern Argentina, but one subspecies, the red-eared slider (T. scripta elegans), has been introduced worldwide. Species under this genus are commonly referred to as sliders.
Species and subspecies
Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995 – Maranhão slider
Trachemys callirostris (Gray, 1856) – Colombian slider
T. c. callirostris (Gray, 1856) – Colombian slider
T. c. chichiriviche (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) – Falcón slider
Trachemys decorata (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Hispaniolan slider
Trachemys decussata (Bell, 1830) – Cuban slider
T. d. angusta (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – western Cuban slider
T. d. decussata (Bell, 1830) – eastern Cuban slider
Trachemys dorbigni (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835) – D'Orbigny's slider
Trachemys emolli (Legler, 1990) – Nicaraguan slider
Trachemys gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939) – Big Bend slider
Trachemys hartwegi (Legler, 1990) – Nazas slider
Trachemys medemi Vargas-Ramírez, del Valle, Ceballos & Fritz, 2017 – Atrato slider
Trachemys nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) – Baja California slider
T. n. hiltoni (Carr, 1942) – Fuerte slider
T. n. nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) – Baja California slider
Trachemys ornata (Gray, 1830) – ornate slider
Trachemys scripta (Thunberg, 1792) – pond slider
T. s. elegans (Wied, 1839) – red-eared slider
T. s. scripta (Thunberg, 1792) – yellow-bellied slider
T. s. troostii (Holbrook, 1836) – Cumberland slider
Trachemys stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Central Antillean slider
T. s. malonei (Barbour & Carr, 1938) – Inagua slider
T. s. stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Puerto Rican slider
T. s. vicina (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Dominican slider
Trachemys taylori (Legler, 1960) – Cuatro Ciénegas slider
Trachemys terrapen (Bonnaterre, 1789) – Jamaican slider
Trachemys venusta (Gray, 1856) – Meso-American...
