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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classTestudines
  4. ›familyEmydidae
  5. ›genusTrachemys
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Western Meso-American Slider

Trachemys grayi (Bocourt, 1868)

Also calledGrays Schmuckschildkröte (deu) · Jicotea Negra (spa) · Nicaragua-Schmuckschildkröte [emolli] (deu) · Spitskopsierschildpad (nld) · Testuggine scivolatrice del Nicaragua (ita) · Tortuga jicotea de Tehuantepec (spa) · Vestlig Centralamerikansk Terrapin (dan) · Теуантепекский слайдер (rus) · سلحفاة نيكاراجوا المنزلقة (ara) · เต่าสไลเดอร์นิการากัว (tha) · ニカラグアクジャクガメ (jpn)

First described in: Bocourt, M. F. Descriptions de quelques chéloniens nouveaux appartenant a la faune Mexicaine.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

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Holotype: MNHN 9220 (formerly 67.127; also the type of Emys umbra Bocourt); see Stuart (1963: 51) and Smith & Smith (1980: 504).

A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 8140130.