Big Bend slider

Big Bend slider
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. gaigeae
Binomial name
	Trachemys gaigeae; Hartweg, 1939
Synonyms
	Nota bene: Dashes indicate scientific names which are simply new combinations, i.e., not new taxa. Pseudemys scripta gaigeae ; Hartweg, 1939; Pseudemys gaigeae ; — Stejneger & Barbour, 1939; Pseudemys scripta gagei ; Zweig & Crenshaw, 1957 ; (ex errore); Chrysemys scripta gaigeae ; — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1966; Pseudemys scripta gaigei ; Ernst, 1967 (ex errore); Chrysemys gaigeae ; — Weaver & Rose, 1967; Pseudemys scripta gaigea Degenhardt & Christiansen, 1974 ; (ex errore); Chrysemys gaigae ; Ashton, Edwards & Pisani, 1976 ; (ex errore); Chrysemys gaigea ; — Morafka, 1977; Chrysemys scripta gaigae ; — Morafka, 1977; Trachemys nebulosa gaigeae ; — Ward, 1984; Pseudemys scripta gaigae ; — Stebbins, 1985; Trachemys scripta gaigeae ; — Iverson, 1985; Trachemys gaigeae ; — Dixon, 1987; Trachemys gaigae ; — Williamson, Hyder & Applegarth, 1994; Trachemys ornata gaigeae ; — Walls, 1996; Trachemys gaigeae gaigeae ; — Seidel, 2002; Trachemys scripta gaigae ; — Gurley, 2003; Trachemys nebulosa gaigae ; — Joseph-Ouni, 2004;

The Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae), also called commonly the Mexican Plateau slider and la jicotea de la meseta mexicana in Mexican Spanish, is a species of aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

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