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Trachemys scripta (slider)
Taxonomy
Testudo scripta was named by Schoepff (1792). It is extant. It is the type species of Trachemys.
It was recombined as Pseudemys scripta by Adler (1968) and Holman (1987); it was recombined as Trachemys scripta by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Seidel and Smith (1986), de Broin and de la Fuente (1993) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Pseudemys scripta by Adler (1968) and Holman (1987); it was recombined as Trachemys scripta by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Seidel and Smith (1986), de Broin and de la Fuente (1993) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1792 | Testudo scripta Schoepff |
1902 | Trachemys scripta Hay p. 449 |
1930 | Trachemys scripta Hay p. 97 |
1968 | Pseudemys scripta Adler p. 32 |
1986 | Trachemys scripta Seidel and Smith p. 246 |
1987 | Pseudemys scripta Holman |
1993 | Trachemys scripta de Broin and de la Fuente p. 10 |
2014 | Trachemys scripta van Dijk et al. |
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Trachemys scripta Schoepff 1792 [slider]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005 |
Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 10.30000 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (11 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Pseudemys scripta (18601) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan | USA (Indiana) | Trachemys scripta (18320) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Trachemys scripta (206227) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Pseudemys scripta (20390 20422) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Trachemys scripta (20400 58089) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Trachemys scripta (20440) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Trachemys scripta (20613) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Trachemys scripta (230753) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Pseudemys scripta (154805) |