EMYSystem Species Page: Trachemys terrapen
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Deirochelyinae ()
GenusGenus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
SpeciesSpecies Trachemys terrapen (Jamaican Slider)
range of species Trachemys terrapen
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Original Description Bonnaterre 1789 : 30
Type Locality "aux Antilles & particulierement a la Jamaïque [= Jamaica] . . . tres commune dans les lacs"
Holotype Not located
Original name Testudo terrapen
Common name Jamaican Slider
Distribution Jamaica; introduced on Cat Island, Eleuthra, Andros and Paradise Island, Bahamas
Comments Originally described by Lacepède (1788
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