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Trachemys decorata (Hispaniolan slider)

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Pseudemys decorata was named by Barbour and Carr (1940). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trachemys decorata by Seidel and Smith (1986), van Dijk et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Pseudemys decorata Barbour and Carr
1986Trachemys decorata Seidel and Smith p. 246
2014Trachemys decorata van Dijk et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyDeirochelyinaeAgassiz 1857
genusTrachemys
speciesdecorata(Barbour and Carr 1940)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Trachemys decorata Barbour and Carr 1940 [Hispaniolan slider]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available