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Higher TaxaEmydidae, Deirochelyinae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
SubspeciesTrachemys venusta venusta (GRAY 1856)
Trachemys venusta cataspila (GÜNTHER 1885)
Trachemys venusta iversoni MCCORD, JOSEPH-OUNI, HAGEN & BLANCK 2010
Trachemys venusta uhrigi MCCORD, JOSEPH-OUNI, HAGEN & BLANCK 2010 
Common Namescataspila: Huastecan slider
iversoni: Yucatan Slider
panamensis: Panamanian Slider
uhrigi: Uhrig’s Slider
venusta: Meso-American Slider
S: Jicotea de Agua 
SynonymEmys venusta GRAY 1856: 24
Testudo panama PERRY 1810 (nomen oblitum)
Trachemys scripta venusta — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 205
Trachemys scripta venusta — FRITZ 1990
Trachemys venusta — SEIDEL 2002
Trachemys scripta venusta — KOLLER 2005
Trachemys venusta — ERNST et al. 2006
Trachemys venusta venusta — FRITZ & HAVAS 2007
Chrysemys ornata — HENDERSON 2010
Trachemys ornata venusta — MCCRANIE et al. 2013
Trachemys venusta — TTWG 2014: 365
Trachemys venusta venusta — VARGAS-RAMÍREZ et al. 2017
Trachemys venusta venusta — TTWG 2021

Trachemys venusta cataspila (GÜNTHER 1885)
Emys cataspila GÜNTHER 1885: 4
Trachemys scripta cataspila — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 205
Trachemys scripta cataspila — FRITZ 1990
Trachemys venusta cataspila — SEIDEL 2002
Trachemys venusta cataspila — MENDOZA QUIJANO et al. 2004
Trachemys venusta cataspila — FRITZ & HAVAS 2007
Trachemys venusta cataspila — TTWG 2014: 365
Trachemys venusta cataspila — VARGAS-RAMÍREZ et al. 2017
Trachemys venusta cataspila — TTWG 2021

Trachemys venusta iversoni MCCORD et al. 2010
Trachemys venusta iversoni — TTWG 2014
Trachemys venusta iversoni — VARGAS-RAMÍREZ et al. 2017
Trachemys venusta iversoni — TTWG 2021

Trachemys venusta uhrigi MCCORD, JOSEPH-OUNI, HAGEN & BLANCK 2010
Trachemys venusta uhrigi — TTWG 2014: 366
Trachemys venusta uhrigi — TTWG 2017
Trachemys venusta uhrigi — TTWG 2021 
DistributionBelize, Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó), Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Puebla, Yucatán, Nuevo León, Querétaro), Nicaragua, Panama

cataspila: Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Verzcruz, Hidalgo [HR 35: 81]).

iversoni: Mexico (N Yucatan); Type locality: A Cenote on the north side of the highway, 13.8 km east of Buctzotz, Yucatán, Mexico.

venusta: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán);Type locality: “Mexico, Honduras and America”, restricted to “Honduras” by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 31.

uhrigi: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó), Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama; Type locality: Río Chamelecón drainage 3 km south of San Pedro Sula, northwestern Caribbean coastal Honduras.  
Reproductionoviparous. Temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) fide Nemesházi & Bókony 2023. 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.80 (formally 45.8.5.26) (fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 31)
Type: BMNH 1947.3.4.87 (and possibly additional specimens) [callirostris]
Syntypes: BMNH 1844.2.19.3 (shell); 1946.1.22.39 (pre- served juvenile); BMNH 1947.3.5.19, formerly 1855.9.17.1 4 (stuffed female); BMNH 1947.3.5. 20, formerly 1848.7.28.26 (stuffed female); BMNH 1947.3.5.21, formerly 1848.7.28.27 (half-grown juvenile, 158.75 mm); BMNH 1947.3.5.22 (juvenile, 107.95 mm); BMNH 1947.3.5.24 (adult shell); and 1947.3.4.25, formerly 1851.6.2.4 (stuffed adult) [cataspila]
Holotype: UF (was FSM) 53333, an adult female, collected by Uta Schmidt, August 7, 1978 [chichiriviche]
Holotype: UF (was FLMNH 50478), adult female, preserved in alcohol, collected in April 1981 by John Iverson [iversoni]
Holotype: UF (was FLMNH 157800) (Florida Museum of Natural History), adult female, preserved in alcohol, collected in May 1993 by Dennis Uhrig. [uhrigi] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (805 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSubspecies: Trachemys venusta grayi (BOCOURT 1868) is now considered as a valid species. T. c. callirostris and T. c. chichiriviche (Seidel 2002) can be differentiated using molecular data (Jackson et al. 2008). The TTWG 2017: 63 checklist is undecided about the status of callirostris and lists it both as species and subspecies of venusta.

Synonymy: MCCRANIE et al. 2013 suggested to synonymize Trachemys venusta uhrigi MCCORD et al. 2010 “has no taxonomic validity”, given the substantial variation within T. venusta. SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 31 listed this species as a synonym of Pseudemys scripta ornata.

Habitat: freshwater (lakes, ponds, rivers) 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is derived from the Latin adjective venustus, meaning "like venus, charming, beautiful, elegant, or graceful.” 
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