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Trachemys ornata (GRAY, 1831)

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Higher TaxaEmydidae, Deirochelyinae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ornate Slider
S: Jicotea 
SynonymEmys ornata GRAY in GRIFFITH 1831: 12
Emys venusta GRAY 1855 (part.)
Emys valida LE CONTE 1860 (?)
Callichelys ornata — GRAY 1863: 181
Callichelys venusta — GRAY 1863: 181
Emys venusta — GRAY 1873: 110
Emys salvini GÜNTHER 1885: 4
Emys cataspila GÜNTHER 1885
Chrysemys ornata var. cataspila — BOULENGER 1889
Pseudemys ornata ornata — MERTENS et al. 1934
Pseudemys ornata — STUART 1937
Pseudemys scripta ornata — STUART 1948
Pseudemys scripta ornata — ZWEIFEL 1959
Pseudemys scripta ornata — NEILL & ALLEN 1959
Chrysemys scripta ornata — HARDY 1969: 105
Chrysemys ornata — WILSON & HAHN 1973
Trachemys scripta ornata — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 205
Trachemys ornata — SEIDEL 2002
Chrysemys ornata — SAVAGE 2002
Trachemys ornata — FRITZ & HAVAS 2007
Chrysemys ornata — SAVAGE & BOLANOS 2009
Trachemys venusta — SAVAGE & BOLANOS 2009
Trachemys ornata — TTWG 2014: 363
Trachemys ornata — VARGAS-RAMÍREZ et al. 2017
Trachemys ornata — TTWG 2021 
DistributionMexico (Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Michoacán)

Type locality: Mazatlan  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: unlocated
Holotype: ANSP 216 [valida] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (558 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentStatus unclear. T. (s.) ornata is not mentioned in a recent list by OBST (2003), nor by ERNST & LOVICH 2009.

Distribution: not in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, USA (introduced to Florida) according to Rhodin et al. (2010). Listed for El Salvador by Mertens 1952: 36. Reports from Guatemala may represent T. s. venusta (STUART 1948).

Habitat: freshwater (lakes, ponds, rivers) 
EtymologyNamed after the ornate, decorated carapace and plastron patterns. 
References
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  • Castro-Bastidas, H.A. 2024. Una colección biológica regional para el estudio de los anfibios y reptiles en Sinaloa, México. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 7(2): e 962—169-184 - get paper here
  • Cupul-Magaña F. G. & J. B. Mountjoy. 2012. Trachemys ornata (Gray, 1831) (Testudines: Emydidae) in an archaeological site in western Mexico. [in Spanish]. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n. s.) 28 (1): 222-226 - get paper here
  • Ernst, C. H. and M. E. Seidel. 2008. Trachemys ornata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (847): 1-4 - get paper here
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  • 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 [V Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London: 481 + 110 pp. [1830] - get paper here
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  • McCord, William P.; Mehdi Joseph-Ouni, Cris Hagen, and Torsten Blanck 2010. Three New Subspecies of Trachemys venusta (Testudines: Emydidae) from Honduras, Northern Yucatán (Mexico), and Pacific Coastal Panama. Reptilia (GB): 39-49 - get paper here
  • McCranie, James R.; Frank Köhler, Alexander Gutsche and Leonardo Valdés Orellana 2013. Trachemys grayi emolli (Testudines, Emydidae) in Honduras and its systematic relationships based on mitochondrial DNA. Zoosystematics and Evolution 89 (1): 21–29 - get paper here
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  • Neill, Wilfred T. and E. Ross Allen. 1959. Studies on the amphibians and reptiles of British Honduras. Publications of the Research Division Ross Allen's Reptiles Institute. 2 (1): 1-76
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