red-eared slider
(Trachemys scripta elegans)
This species is Native and Introduced across its range in the United States
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Maps
EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
State Lists - This map identifies those states that have this species on their invasive species list or law.
Invasive Listing Sources
- Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area
- Florida Conditional and Prohibited Non-Native Species Lists
- Florida Invasive Species Partnership
- Idaho Invasive Species Act
- Invasive Species of Concern in Georgia
- Mid-Atlantic Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species
- Minnesota DNR invasive species list
- New York Regulated and Prohibited Invasive Species - Regulated
- Nonnative Invasive Species in Southern Forest and Grassland Ecosystems
- Pennsylvania's Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species
- To be proposed for MISC
Taxonomic Rank
| Domain: Eukarya |
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Chordata |
| Class: Reptilia |
| Suborder: Testudines |
| Family: Emydidae |
| Genus: Trachemys |
| Species: Trachemys scripta |
| Trachemys scripta elegans |
References
Common Name Reference: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds. (2015). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
Scientific Name Reference: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds. (2015). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.