Global conservation status: vulnerable (Source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2)

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  • Scientific names
    • Trachemys terrapin
    • Trachemys terrapen
    • Testudo terrapen
    • Testudo palustris
    • Terrapen lacÉpÈde
    • Pseudemys terrapen terrapen
    • Pseudemys terrapen
    • Pseudemys palustris
    • Pseudemys felis
    • Chrysemys terrapen
    • Chrysemys scripta rugosa
    • Testudo fasciata
    • Emys rugosa livida
    • Emys palustris
  • English
    • Jamaican Slider
    • Cat Island Freshwater Turtle
  • Unknown
    • Jamaican Slider

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Description from Wikipedia

The Jamaican Slider (Trachemys terrapen) also known as the Cat Island Slider is a species of fresh water turtle in the Emydidae family. 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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