EMYSystem Species Page: Trachemys ornata
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Deirochelyinae ()
GenusGenus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
SpeciesSpecies Trachemys ornata (Ornate Slider)
range of species Trachemys ornata
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Original Description Gray 1831b : 30
Type Locality "American Meridionali....Mazatland" [= Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico]
Syntypes (2 specimens) BMNH 1946.1.22.40; BMNH 1946.1.22.41
Original name Trachemys ornata
Common name Ornate Slider
Distribution Sinaloa to Guerrero, Mexico
Comments None
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