Order Testudines Wagler, 1830 - turtles
Suborder Cryptodira Cope, 1868
Superfamily Testudinoidea Batsch, 1788
Family Emydidae Rafinesque, 1815 - pond turtles
Subfamily Deirochelyinae Agassiz, 1857
Genus Trachemys Agassiz, 1857
Trachemys venusta (Gray, 1856) - Meso-American slider
Trachemys venusta panamensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 - Panamanian slider