New Distributional Data on the Tehuantepec Slider, Trachemys grayi, in Oaxaca, Mexico

2008/12/01 by Martha Harfush‐Meléndez, James R. Buskirk · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Biology #Ecology #Genus #Habitat #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Threatened species #Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

paper · doi:10.2744/ccb-0710.1

openalex publication_date 2008/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

Several new localities for the Tehuantepec slider, Trachemys grayi, are documented in coastal Oaxaca, Mexico. A problematical locality in coastal Oaxaca is discussed. Trachemys grayi is the largest representative of the genus in Mexico, and appears to be highly threatened.

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