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Big Bend Slider

Educational resources on Big Bend Slider

Big Bend Slider or Trachemys gaigeae is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A1c, D2 . IUCN Profile of the Big Bend Slider

Academic web links for the Big Bend Slider.


CalPhotos
Number of matches: 3 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and match(namesoup) against('"BIG BEND SLIDER"' IN BOOLEAN MODE) and lifeform = "Reptile" ORDER BY taxon
calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?stat=BROWSE&query_src=photos_fauna_com-Reptile&where...

Big-Bend Slider - Trachemys gaigae
Big Bend National Park, Brewster Co., TX - April 2005. Found basking in a beaver pond along the Rio Grande River . Some of theses are integrades with introduced T. s. elegans - we
www.uga.edu/srelherp/jd/jdweb/Herps/species/usturtles/Tragae.htm

Trachemys gaigeae
Order: Testudines ; Family: Emydidae (Box and Basking Turtles) Species: Trachemys gaigeae (TRACK-eh-mees GAGE-ee-ee) Common English Name: Big Bend Slider
museum.utep.edu/chih/theland/animals/reptiles/trachemysga.htm

Coccidia of the World
Hosts: Trachemys gaigeae (Big Bend slider); Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared slider) References: McAllister and Upton 1988, 1989; McAllister et al. 1994, 1995
biology.unm.edu/biology/coccidia/chelonia.html

fws-case-10.nmsu.edu
Original Description: Hartweg 1939: 1: Type Locality "Boquillas, Rio Grande River, Brewster County, Texas" Holotype : UMMZ 66472
fws-case-10.nmsu.edu/cwcs/documents/models/Big_Bend_Slider.pdf

EMYSystem Species Page: Trachemys gaigeae (Big Bend Slider)
Original Description: Hartweg 1939: 1: Type Locality "Boquillas, Rio Grande River, Brewster County, Texas" Holotype : UMMZ 66472
emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Trachemysgaigeae/Trachemysgaigeae.html

CalPhotos
Big Bend Slider ID: 1111 1111 2222 1437 © 2007 Joyce Gross. Trachemys gaigeae Big Bend Slider (shown with Chrysemys picta) ID: 1111 1111 2222 1438 © 2007 Joyce Gross
calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?max=100&orderby1=index_date+desc&where-photographer=...

EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Trachemys gaigeae (Big Bend Slider)
Original Description Hartweg 1939: 1 Holotype UMMZ 66472 Type Locality "Boquillas, Rio Grande River, Brewster County, Texas" Original name Trachemys gaigeae
emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/species/Trachemysgaigeae/Trachemysgaigeae.html

Kinds of Turtles
Trachemys gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939)-- Big Bend Slider Trachemys scripta (Wied, 1838)-- Red-Eared Slider: Kinosternidae-- Mud turtles; Musk turtles
pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?act=x_checklist&list=Turtles&xml=www.discoverlife.org/nh/id/20q/...

Amphibians and Reptiles in New Mexico
Trachemys gaigeae (Hartweg 1939) – Mexican Plateau Slider T. g. gaigeae (Hartweg 1939) – Big Bend Slider
www.msb.unm.edu/herpetology/publications/NM_species.htm







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