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Trachemys decussata (Gray, 1831)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gray, J. E. A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E & E. Pidgeon: The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed [Vol. 9].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Emydidae
genus
Trachemys
species
Trachemys decussata

Name

Synonyms
Emys decussata Gray, 1831
Emys gnatho Vilaró, 1868
Emys jamao Duméril, 1861
Emys vermiculata Gray, 1844
Pseudemys decussata angusta Barbour & Carr, 1940
Pseudemys decussata plana Barbour & Carr, 1940
Pseudemys granti Barbour & Carr, 1940
Testudo rugosa Shaw, 1802
Homonyms
Trachemys decussata (Gray, 1831)
Trachemys decussata (Bell, 1830)
Common names
Cuban Slider in English
Cuban Slider in English
Cuban Slider in English
Cubansk Terrapin in Danish
Kuba-Schmuckschildkröte in German
Kubanische Schmuckschildkröte in German
North Antillean Slider in English
North Antillean Slider in English
North Antillean slider in English
North Antillean slider in English
Tortuga cubana in Spanish
kubai ékszerteknős in Hungarian
želva kubánská in Czech
Северная антильская черепаха in Russian
سلحفاة منزلقة شمال الأنتيل in Arabic
เต่าสไลเดอร์คิวบา in Thai
キタアンティルスライダー in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  3. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
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