Meso-American 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
The species 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 (Gray, 1856) – Belize slider
 * Trachemys venusta cataspila (Günther, 1885) – Huastecan slider
 * Trachemys venusta grayi (Bocourt, 1868) – Gray's slider
 * Trachemys venusta iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Yucatán slider
 * Trachemys venusta panamensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Panamanian slider
 * Trachemys venusta uhrigi McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Uhrig's slider

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachemys.

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