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Trachemys gaigeae (Big Bend Slider)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae) is a species of aquatic turtle endemic to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
View Wikipedia Record: Trachemys gaigeae

Infraspecies

Trachemys gaigeae gaigeae (Big Bend slider)
Trachemys gaigeae hartwegi (Nazas slider)

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Trachemys gaigeae

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.036 lbs (1.377 kg)
Female Weight [1]  4.087 lbs (1.854 kg)
Male Weight [1]  1.984 lbs (900 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  106 %
Female Maturity [1]  8 years
Male Maturity [1]  4 years
Gestation [1]  60 days
Litter Size [1]  10
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  75 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Chihuahuan desert Mexico, United States Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Big Bend Biosphere Reserve National Park II 815561 Texas, United States

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0