Cuatro Ciénegas slider

Cuatro Ciénegas slider
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. taylori
Binomial name
	Trachemys taylori; (Legler, 1960)
Synonyms
	Pseudemys scripta taylori ; Legler, 1960; Chrysemys scripta taylori ; — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1966; Chrysemys gaigeae taylori ; — Weaver & Rose, 1967; Chrysemys taylori ; — Weaver & Rose, 1967; Trachemys scripta taylori ; — Iverson, 1985; Trachemys nebulosa taylori ; — Fritz, 1995; Trachemys ornata taylori ; — Walls, 1996; Trachemys taylori ; — Seidel, 2002;

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.

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

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 209.
^ Species Trachemys taylori at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ 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

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 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-12-29.