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Ornate Slider

Trachemys ornata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 63, February 41, March 38, April 67, May 37, June 20, July 20, August 17, September 20, October 17, November 18, December 33.
Mexico391
Sinaloa164
Nayarit152
Jalisco60
Baja California Sur11
Guerrero1
Oaxaca1
Puebla1
Sonora1

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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