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Trachemys gaigeae (HARTWEG, 1939)

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Higher TaxaEmydidae, Deirochelyinae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Big Bend Slider
G: Big-Bend-Schmuckschildkröte
S: Jicotea de La Meseta Mexican 
SynonymPseudemys scripta gaigae HARTWEG 1939
Pseudemys gaigae — SCHMIDT & OWENS 1944
Pseudemys scripta gaigeae — SHANNON & SMITH 1949
Chrysemys scripta gaigeae — FRITZ 1981
Trachemys scripta gaigae — STEBBINS 1985: 102
Trachemys scripta gaigae — IVERSON 1986
Trachemys scripta gaigeae [sic] — FRITZ 1990
Trachemys gaigeae — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 65
Trachemys gaigae LINER 1994
Pseudemys gaigeae — SEIDEL et al. 1999
Trachemys gaigeae gaigeae — SEIDEL 2002
Trachemys scripta gaigeae [sic] — OBST 2003: 16
Trachemys gaigeae — REYNOLDS et al. 2007
Trachemys nebulosa gaigeae
Trachemys gaigeae gaigeae — TTWG 2014: 362
Trachemys gaigeae gaigeae — VARGAS-RAMÍREZ et al. 2017
Trachemys gaigeae — TTWG 2021 
DistributionMexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila), USA (Texas, New Mexico)

Type locality: “Boquillas, Rio Grande River, Brewster County, Texas.”  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: UMMZ 66472. Paratypes: FMNH 27760; MCZ 4550–51(3), USNM. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (515 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSubspecies: T. gaigeae has been considered as subspecies of Trachemys scripta by various authors. Trachemys gaigeae hartwegi (LEGLER 1990) is now considered a valid species by recent authors.

Habitat: freshwater (lakes, ponds, rivers) 
EtymologyNamed after Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige (1890-1976), American herpetologist at the University of Michigan. See Bell et al. 2021 for biographical data. 
References
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  • Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
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  • Ernst, C H 1992. Trachemys gaigae. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 538: 1-4 - get paper here
  • Ernst, Carl H.; Lovich, Jeffrey E. 2009. Turtles of the United States and Canada, 2nd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 827 pp. - get paper here
  • Fritz U. 1990. Haltung und Nachzucht der Jamaika-Schmuckschildkröte Trachemys terrapen (LACÉPÈDE, 1788) und Bemerkungen zur Fortpflanzungsstrategie von neotropischen Schmuckschildkröten der Gattung Trachemys. Salamandra 26 (1): 1-18 - get paper here
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