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Higher TaxaEmydidae, Deirochelyinae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
SubspeciesTrachemys dorbigni dorbigni (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835)
Trachemys dorbigni brasiliensis FREIBERG 1969 
Common NamesE: Black-bellied Slider, D’Orbigny’s slider
Portuguese: Tartaruga, Tartaruga-Imperial, Tartaruga-Verdadeira, Tartaruga-Verde-e-Amarela, Tigre-D'água, Tigre-D'água-Amarelo 
SynonymEmys dorbigni DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835: 272
Emys Dorbignyi — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 225
Clemmys Dorbignyi — BOULENGER 1886: 424
Chrysemys dorbignyi BOULENGER 1889 (nomen subst.)
Pseudemys dorbigni — MERTENS et al. 1934
Trachemys dorbigni brasiliensis FREIBERG 1969
Chrysemys dorbigni — FRITZ & BIENERT 1981
Trachemys dorbigni — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 209
Trachemys scripta dorbigni — FRITZ 1990
Trachemys scripta dorbigni — LEGLER 1990: 89
Trachemys dorbigni dorbigni — SEIDEL 2002
Trachemys dorbigni brasiliensis — SEIDEL 2002
Trachemys dorbigni — RHODIN et al. 2010
Trachemys dorbignyi— ZAHER et al. 2011
Trachemys dorbigni — TTWG 2014: 362
Trachemys dorbigni dorbigni — VARGAS-RAMÍREZ et al. 2017
Trachemys dorbigni dorbigni — SEIDEL & ERNST 2017

Trachemys dorbigni brasiliensis FREIBERG 1969
Pseudemys dorbignyi brasiliensis FREIBERG 1969
Pseudemys dorbigni brasiliensis — WERMUTH & MERTENS 1977: 55
Trachemys dorbigni brasiliensis — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 209
Pseudemys dorbignyi brasiliensis — VARELA 1999
Trachemys dorbigni brasiliensis — SEIDEL & ERNST 2017 
DistributionBrazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro), Uruguay, N Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Santa Fe)

Type locality: Buenos Aires

brasiliensis: Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Type locality: "Rio Guaíba, Porto Alegre [Rio Grande do Sul], Brasil"  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 9221
Holotype: MACN 23628, female [brasiliensis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1976 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSubspecies: Trachemys dorbigni nebulosa (VAN DENBURGH 1895) and Trachemys dorbigni adiutrix VANZOLINI 1995 have been elevated to full species status. FRITZ & HAVAS 2007 do not recognize any subspecies of T. dorbigni.

Habitat: freshwater (lakes, ponds, rivers) 
EtymologyNamed apparently after M. d'Orbigny who produced this species for the museum in Paris. 
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