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Mesoamerican Slider

Trachemys venusta

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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 91, February 97, March 110, April 123, May 65, June 64, July 64, August 33, September 60, October 60, November 59, December 66.
Mexico892
Quintana Roo168
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave168
Costa Rica120
Panama101
United States83
Tamaulipas83
Jalisco71
Yucatan69
Provincia de Panamá47

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyPond and Box Turtles · Emydidae
GenusSliders · Trachemys

Sources

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