Mesoamerican Slider

The Meso-American slider (Trachemys venusta) is a species of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. The species is distributed from Mexico to Colombia.

Geographic range: Trachemys venusta is found from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Colombia.

• Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán
• Trachemys venusta cataspila – Mexico in the states of San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz
• Trachemys venusta grayi – El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca

The following three new subspecies were described in 2010.

• Trachemys venusta iversoni – Mexico in the state of Yucatán
• Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panama
• Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Chocó

Subspecies: 

• Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize slider
• Trachemys venusta cataspila – Huastecan slider
• Trachemys venusta grayi – Gray´s slider
• Trachemys venusta iversoni – Yucatán slider
• Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panamanian slider
• Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Uhrig´s slider

Etymology: The subspecific name, grayi, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray.