Big Bend Slider
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
• Common Spanish Name: Jicotea Big Bend

Trachemys gaigeae. Photographer: Dr. Carl S. Lieb. Caballo Reservoir, Sierra Co., NM. 1992.

Last Update: 18 Jul 2009