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Big Bend slider
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<p>The Big Bend slider (<i>Trachemys gaigeae</i>), also called <a href="/facts/Common_name/3KNNezEU">commonly</a> the Mexican Plateau slider and <i>la jicotea de la meseta mexicana</i> in Mexican Spanish, is a <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> of aquatic <a href="/facts/Turtle/X0ImnxYt">turtle</a> in the <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a> <a href="/facts/Emydidae/sVIxrYJz">Emydidae</a>. The species is native to the <a href="/facts/Southwestern_United_States/LjLFs9fC">Southwestern United States</a> and northern <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a>. </p>