Meso-American slider


The Meso-American slider is a species of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. The species is distributed from Mexico to Colombia.

Geographic range

The species Trachemys venusta is found from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Colombia.
The following three new subspecies were described in 2010.
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.

Etymology

The subspecific name, grayi, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray.