Puerto Rican slider

Puerto Rican slider
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species: T. stejnegeri
Subspecies: T. s. stejnegeri
Trinomial name
Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri
(Schmidt, 1928)

The Puerto Rican slider (Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri)[1] is a subspecies of turtle found mainly in Puerto Rico and surrounding areas. It is a relative of the pond slider.[2]

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