title: Cuatro Ciénegas slider
text: # Cuatro Ciénegas slider
  
  The Cuatro Ciénegas slider (Trachemys taylori), also known commonly as la jicotea de Cuatrociénegas in Mexican Spanish, is a species of turtle belonging to the genus Trachemys of the family Emydidae. The species is native to northeastern Mexico.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, taylori, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  T. taylori is endemic to the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in Coahuila state, Mexico.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of T. taylori is freshwater wetlands.
  
  ## Conservation status
  
  T. taylori is an endangered species.
  
  