Big Bend Slider

The Big Bend Slider is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Big Bend Slider (Trachemys gaigeae) is a species of aquatic turtle native to the United States in the states of New Mexico and Texas, and northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua. It is found primarily in the Rio Grande and Rio Conchos river systems. More

Big bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae) Potential Distribution Map * Resource Identifier: http://gapmap.nbii.gov/generatemap. More

The Big Bend slider was previously considered a subspecies of the red-eared slider. http://www.mcmartinville.com/chris/reptiles/trips/texas/ Welcome to McMartinVille: I lived for 8 months in San Antonio, Texas in 1996-1997. More

Big Bend Slider on grass (Trachemys gaigeae) Big Bend Slider on grass (Trachemys gaigeae) Web 760x563 (70kb) More

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Big Bend Slider, Mexican Plateau Slider, Jicotea de la Meseta Mexicana James N. Stuart1 and Joseph P. Ward2 1New Mexico Department of Game & Fish, Conservation Services Division, P.O. More

The Big Bend slider was previously considered a subspecies of the red-eared slider. More

And the Big Bend slider (a species of turtle) may soon disappear, since it is adapted only to swift water conditions. More

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The Big Bend Slider is from the order Testudines. All turtles are testudines (or Chelonia). There are more than 280 different species belonging to this order. The Big Bend Slider was first reported by Hartweg, 1938. More

Common names

Big Bend Slider in English - English
Jicotea de la Meseta Mexicana in English - English
Mexican Plateau Slider in English - English
Trachemys gaigeae in Dutch - Nederlands

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Order : Testudines
Family : Emydidae
Genus : Trachemys
Species : Trachemys gaigeae
Authority : HARTWEG 1939