Cuban slider
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| Cuban slider | |
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| File:Taco river slider - hickatee (Trachemys decussata angusta).JPG | |
| Taco river slider or hickatee T. d. angusta Grand Cayman | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Trachemys |
| Species: | T. decussata
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachemys decussata (Gray, 1831)
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The Cuban slider (Trachemys decussata) is a species of turtle[2] native to Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud), but has also been introduced to Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands (where it is known as the taco river slider or hickatee), and Marie Galante in Guadeloupe.[2]
Gallery
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Profile of T. decussata angusta
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Shell of T. decussata angusta
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Plastron of T. decussata angusta
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trachemys decussata.
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- ^ a b Trachemys decussata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed March 3, 2010.
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