Maranhão slider
| Maranhão slider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Trachemys |
| Species: | T. adiutrix |
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| Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995 | |
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The Maranhão slider (Trachemys adiutrix), also commonly known as the Brazilian slider[3][4] or Carvalho's slider, is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae.
Geographic range
Trachemys adiutrix is endemic to northeastern Brazil. One of its English common names refers to the Brazilian state of Maranhão, but it also occurs in the Brazilian state of Piauí.
Etymology
The specific name, adiutrix, which is Latin feminine for "helper", comes in honor of Dr. Maria do Socorro Pinheiro, field companion of Vanzolini.[4] Her surname, Socorro, means "help" in Portuguese.[5]
The eponym, Carvalho's slider, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.[3]
References
- ↑ Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. (1996). Trachemys adiutrix. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter. (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachemys adiutrix, p. 49).
- 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ http://www.wordreference.com/pten/Socorro.
Further reading
- Baillie, Jonathan E. M.; Groombridge, Brian. (1996). 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996. IUCN Conservation Library Series. Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature. 448 pp. ISBN 978-2831703350.
- Vanzolini, P.E. (1995). A new species of turtle, genus Trachemys, from the state of Maranhão, Brazil (Testudines, Emydidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 55 (1): 111-125. (Trachemys adiutrix, new species).
Family Emydidae (pond turtles) | ||
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| Genus | Species of the subfamily Deirochelyinae |  |
| Chrysemys | ||
| Deirochelys | ||
| Graptemys | ||
| Malaclemys | ||
| Pseudemys | ||
| Trachemys | ||
Species of the subfamily Emydinae | ||
| Clemmys | ||
| Emys | ||
| Glyptemys | ||
| Terrapene | ||
Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist. Subspecies and the extinct (Gyremys sectabilis) are not included. | ||
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