Puerto Rican Slider

Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. stejnegeri
Subspecies:	T. s. stejnegeri
Trinomial name
Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928)

The Puerto Rican slider (Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri)^[1] is a subspecies of turtle found mainly in Puerto Rico and surrounding areas. It is a relative of the pond slider.^[2]

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125632/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13613580 entry

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