NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Brazilian Slider
Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Captive specimen, French Guyana, FRANCE
Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Image sourceProvider-generated thumbnail requested at 800 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Maranhão slider (Trachemys adiutrix), also known commonly as the Brazilian slider, or Carvalho's slider, is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The turtle is endemic to coastal areas in northeastern Brazil.
Wikipedia contributors, Maranhão slider; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:52:15.062816+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995
- Name authority
- Vanzolini, 1995
- Common name
- Brazilian Slider
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Emydidae
- Genus
- Trachemys
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderTestudines Batsch, 1788
- suborderCryptodira
- superfamilyTestudinoidea
- familyEmydidae
- genusTrachemys
- speciesTrachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Trachemys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cuban SliderTrachemys decussata (Gray, 1831) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-bellied SliderTrachemys dorbigni (Duméril & Bibron, 1835) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Big Bend SliderTrachemys gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachemys grayi (Bocourt, 1868) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-bellied SliderTrachemys nebulosa (Van Denburgh, 1895) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ornate SliderTrachemys ornata (Gray, 1831) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jamaican SliderTrachemys terrapen (Bonnaterre, 1789) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yaqui SliderTrachemys yaquia (Legler & Webb, 1970) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atrato sliderTrachemys medemi Vargas-Ramírez, Valle, Ceballos & Fritz, 2017 | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachemys scripta (Thunberg, 1792) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Colombian Slider [callirostris]Trachemys callirostris (Gray, 1855) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Antillean SliderTrachemys stejnegeri Schmidt, 1928 | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Trachemys&species=adiutrix Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:57P88. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.