Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

REPTILIA (Reptiles) TESTUDINES (Turtles) EMYDIDAE (Box and Basking Turtles)

Idaho Slider
†Trachemys idahoensis (Gilmore 1933)

Conservation Status:
Extinct

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Distribution:

(, Museum Voucher) (, Observation) (, Literature Record) (, iNat Record), ( Fossil)
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1933	Gilmore, Charles W. A new species of extinct turtle from the Upper Pliocene of Idaho. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 82(9):1-7 Contains the original description of Pseudemys (now Trachemys) idahoensis, and extinct turtle also collected in Meade County, Kansas.
1988	Jackson, Dale R. A re-examination of fossil turtles of the genus Trachemys (Testudines: Emydidae). Herpetologica 44(3):317-325
2018	Jasinski, Steven E. A new slider turtle (Testudines: Emydidae: Deirochelyinae: Trachemys) from the late Hemphillian (late Miocene/early Pliocene) of eastern Tennessee and the evolution of the Deirochelyines. PeerJ 6:e4338; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4338():1-92

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