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Trachemys ornata (Gray, 1831)

Also calledJicotea (spa) · Jicotea occidental (spa) · Mexicansk Pragtterrapin (dan) · Nayarit-Schmuckschildkröte (deu) · Pauwoogsierschildpad (nld) · Pfauenaugen-Schmuckschildkröte (deu) · Tortuga Mesoamericana (spa) · želva západomexická (ces) · Центральноамериканская украшенная черепаха (rus) · سلحفاة منزلقة مزخرفة (ara) · メキシコクジャクガメ (jpn)

First described in: Gray, J. E. A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E & E. Pidgeon: The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed [Vol. 9].

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.