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.The species Trachemys venusta is found from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Colombia.
- Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán
- Trachemys venusta cataspila – Mexico in the states of San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz
- Trachemys venusta grayi – El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca
The following three new subspecies were described in 2010.
- Trachemys venusta iversoni – Mexico in the state of Yucatán
- Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panama
- Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Chocó
Subspecies
- Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize slider
- Trachemys venusta cataspila – Huastecan slider
- Trachemys venusta grayi – Gray's slider
- Trachemys venusta iversoni – Yucatán slider
- Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panamanian slider
- Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Uhrig's slider
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.
