Puerto Rican slider

Short description: Subspecies of reptile

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]

## References

1. ↑ Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104
2. ↑ metazoa14

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.

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