Location |
Cuba, Isla de Pinos
Introduced to Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Marie Galante.
Trachemys decussata decussata: central and eastern Cuba; Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey. Type locality: "America Boreali".
Trachemys decussata angusta (HOLOTYPE MCZ 34340): western Cuba; Isla de la Juventud; Cayman Is |
Comment |
For illustrations see Barbour and Ramsden, 1919 (as Pseudemys palustris); Barbour and Carr, 1940 (as Pseudemys d. decussata, Ps. d. plana, Ps. d. angusta); Grant,1941 (as Ps. rugosa); Wermuth and Mertens, 1961 (as Ps. terrapen rugosa); Seidel, 1988; Seidel,1990 |
References |
- Barbour, T. and C. T. Ramsden. 1919. The herpetology of Cuba. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard Coll. 47: 69-213.
- Barbour, T., and A. Carr. 1940. Antillean terrapins. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Harvard University, Cambridge. 54: 381-415.
- Duméril, A.M.C., and G. Bibron. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles, Vol. 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, iv + 680 p.
- Fidenci, Pierre 2002. An overview of the Cuban Turtle, Trachemys decussata, in Cuba. Herpetological Bulletin (80):20-22
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- Grant, C. 1941. The herpetology of the Cayman Islands. Bulletin of the Institute of Jamaica, Science Series [1940] (2):1-56
- Gray, J. E. 1831. 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]. Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London: 481 + 110 pp.
- Gray, J. E. 1863. Notes on American Emydidae, and Professor Agassiz’s observations on my Catalogue of them. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 12: 176-183
- Lever,C. 2003. Naturalized reptiles and amphibians of the world. Oxford University Press, 338 pp.
- McCord, W.P.; Joseph-Ouni, M. & Uhrig, D. 2005. Chelonian Illustrations #22: Sliders of the Caribbean Islands. Reptilia (GB) (42): 81-83
- Schwartz,A. & Henderson,R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
- Seidel M E 1988. Revision of the West Indian emydid turtles (Testudines). American Museum Novitates (2918): 1-41
- Seidel M E 1988. Trachemys decussata (Gray). North Antillean slider. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (No. 440) : 1-3
- Seidel, M.E. 1990. Growth and population characteristics of the slider turtle, Trachemys decussata, on Grand Cayman Island. Journal of Herpetology 24 (2): 191-196.
- Seidel, Michael E. 2002. Taxonomic observations on extant species and subspecies of slider turtles, genus Trachemys. Journal of Herpetology 36 (2): 285-292
- Wermuth, H., and R. Mertens. 1961. Schildkröten, Krokodile, Brückenechsen. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena. xxvi + 422 pp.
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