Deirochelyinae

The Deirochelyinae are a subfamily of the Emydidae consisting of species native to North and South America, some of which are frequently kept as pets. As a result of pet trade, one species, the red-eared slider, can now be found in many parts of the world.

Deirochelyinae
Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae Agassiz, 1857
Genera
See text.

Classification

Species

Image	Genus	Living species
	Chrysemys Gray, 1844	Chrysemys dorsalis - southern painted turtle Chrysemys picta - painted turtle eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii)
	Deirochelys Agassiz, 1857	Deirochelys reticularia - chicken turtle Eastern chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia reticularia) Florida chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia chrysea) Western chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria)
	Graptemys Agassiz, 1857	Graptemys barbouri (Carr y Marchland, 1942) Graptemys caglei (Haynes y McKnown, 1974) Graptemys ernsti (Lovich y McCoy, 1992) Graptemys flavimaculata (Cagle, 1954) Graptemys geographica (Le Sueur, 1817) Graptemys gibbonsi (Lovich y McCoy, 1992) Graptemys nigrinoda (Cagle, 1954) Graptemys oculifera (Baur, 1890) Graptemys ouachitensis Cagle, 1953 Graptemys pearlensis (Ennen, Lovich, Kreiser, Selman, Qualls, 2010) Graptemys pseudogeographica (Gray, 1831) Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii Graptemys pulchra (Baur, 1893) Graptemys versa (Stejneger, 1925)
	Malaclemys Gray, 1844	Malaclemys terrapin - diamondback terrapin Malaclemys terrapin littoralis (Hay, 1904) – Texas diamondback terrapin Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota (Hay, 1904) – ornate diamondback terrapin Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied, 1865) – Mississippi diamondback terrapin Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum Fowler, 1906 – mangrove diamondback terrapin Malaclemys terrapin tequesta Schwartz, 1955 – East Florida diamondback terrapin Malaclemys terrapin terrapin (Schoepff, 1793) – northern diamondback terrapin
	Pseudemys Gray, 1856	Pseudemys alabamensis – Alabama red-bellied cooter Pseudemys concinna – river cooter Pseudemys concinna concinna – eastern river cooter Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis – Suwannee cooter Pseudemys floridana or Pseudemys concinna floridana – coastal plain cooter or Florida cooter Pseudemys gorzugi – Rio Grande cooter Pseudemys nelsoni – Florida red-bellied cooter Pseudemys peninsularis – peninsula cooter Pseudemys rubriventris – northern red-bellied cooter Pseudemys texana – Texas river cooter
	Trachemys Agassiz, 1857	Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995 – Maranhão slider Trachemys callirostris (Gray, 1856) – Colombian slider T. c. callirostris (Gray, 1856) – Colombian slider T. c. chichiriviche (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) – Venezuelan slider Trachemys decorata (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Hispaniolan slider Trachemys decussata (Bell, 1830) – Cuban slider T. d. angusta (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – western Cuban slider T. d. decussata (Bell, 1830) – eastern Cuban slider Trachemys dorbigni (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835) – D'Orbigny's slider Trachemys emolli (Legler, 1990) – Nicaraguan slider Trachemys gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939) – Big Bend slider Trachemys hartwegi (Legler, 1990) – Nazas slider Trachemys medemi Vargas-Ramírez, del Valle, Ceballos & Fritz, 2017 – Atrato slider Trachemys nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) – Baja California slider T. n. hiltoni (Carr, 1942) – Fuerte slider T. n. nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) – Baja California slider Trachemys ornata (Gray, 1830) – ornate slider Trachemys scripta (Thunberg, 1792) – pond slider T. s. elegans (Wied, 1839) – red-eared slider T. s. scripta (Thunberg, 1792) – yellow-bellied slider T. s. troostii (Holbrook, 1836) – Cumberland slider Trachemys stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Central Antillean slider T. s. malonei (Barbour & Carr, 1938) – Inagua slider T. s. stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) – Puerto Rican slider T. s. vicina (Barbour & Carr, 1940) – Dominican slider Trachemys taylori (Legler, 1960) – Cuatro Ciénegas slider Trachemys terrapen (Bonnaterre, 1789) – Jamaican slider Trachemys venusta (Gray, 1856) – Meso-American slider T. v. cataspila (Günther, 1885) – Huasecan slider T. v. grayi (Bocourt, 1868) – Gray's slider or Tehuantepec slider T. v. iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Yucatan slider T. v. panamensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Panamanian slider T. v. uhrigi McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Uhrig's slider T. v. venusta (Gray, 1856) – Belize slider Trachemys yaquia (Legler & Webb, 1970) – Yaqui slider

External links

• Family Emydidae on The Reptile Database