Cat Island Slider

Trachemys terrapen

Summary 2

The Jamaican slider (Trachemys terrapen) also known as the Cat Island slider is a species of fresh water turtle in the family Emydidae. It is found in the Bahamas and Jamaica. As it is not currently found on any of the other surrounding islands in the region it is assumed that the Jamaican slider was introduced from one of these countries to the other. Even though the popular theory was that these turtles originated from Jamaica,...

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  1. (c) James F. Parham, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/36296822@N06/3503903125/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachemys_terrapen

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