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Cumberland slider
Trachemys scripta troostii, hatchling
Conservation status
Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Testudines
Suborder:
Cryptodira
Superfamily:
Testudinoidea
Family:
Emydidae
Genus:
Trachemys
Species:
T. scripta
Subspecies:
T. s. troostii
Trinomial name
Trachemys scripta troostii
(Holbrook, 1836)
Range map of the three subspecies of pond slider. The Cumberland slider is shown in blue.
Synonyms[2]
Emys troostii Holbrook, 1836
Emys cumberlandensis Holbrook, 1840
Trachemys troostii — Agassiz, 1857
Clemmys troostii — Strauch, 1862
Pseudemys troostii — Cope, 1875
Chrysemys troostii — Boulenger, 1889
Pseudemys troosti [sic] Zeleny & Faust, 1915 (ex errore)
Chrysemys scripta troostii — Ernst & Barbour, 1972
Trachemys scripta troosti — Iverson, 1985
Trachemys scripta troostii — Iverson, 1986
The Cumberland slider (Trachemys scripta troostii), also called commonly the Cumberland turtle and Troost's turtle, is a subspecies of pond slider, a semiaquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. The subspecies is indigenous to the Southeastern United States.
^NatureServe (5 May 2023). "Trachemys scripta troostii ". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 208. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
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