Trachemys scripta: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species: Trachemys scripta
Scientific Name: Trachemys scripta

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pond slider

The pond slider (Trachemys scripta) is a species of common, medium-sized, semiaquatic turtle. Three subspecies are described, the most recognizable of which is the red-eared slider (T. s. elegans), which is popular in the pet trade and has been introduced to other parts of the world by people releasing it to the wild. Hatchling and juvenile pond sliders have a green upper shell (carapace), yellow bottom shell (plastron), and green and yellow stripes and markings on their skin. These patterns and colors in the skin and shell fade with age until the carapace is a muted olive green to brown and the plastron is a dull yellow or darker. Some sliders become almost black with few visible markings. The carapace is oval with a bit of rounding and a central crest with knobs, but these features soften and fade with age, adults being smoother and flatter. For determining an adult slider's sex, males typically have much longer front claws than adult females, while females usually have shorter, more slender tails than males. Their lifespans range from 20 to 50 years.

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Trachemys scripta in languages:

Arabic: سلحفاة حمراء الاذن
Bulgarian: Червеноуха костенурка
Catalan: Tortuga de Florida
Chinese: 紅耳龜
Chinese: 彩龜
Chinese: 巴西龜
Croatian: Sjevernoamerička vodena kornjača
Czech: želva nádherná
Danish: Nordamerikansk terrapin
Dutch: Lettersierschildpad
Dutch: Trachemys scripta sensu latu
English: Pond Slider
English: Common Slider
English: Slider
Estonian: Punakõrv-ilukilpkonn
Finnish: punakorvakilpikonna
French: Trachémyde écrite
German: Nordamerikanische Buchstaben-Schmuckschildkröte
Hebrew: צבגון אדום אוזן
Hungarian: közönséges ékszerteknős
Indonesian: Kura-kura Brazil
Italian: Testuggine palustre americana
Japanese: アカミミガメ
Korean: 붉은귀거북
Lithuanian: Raštuotasis vėžlys
Modern Greek: Νεροχελώνα με κόκκινα μάγουλα
Polish: żółw ozdobny
Portuguese: Tartaruga-da-Flórida
Romanian: Țestoasa de Florida
Russian: Красноухая черепаха
Slovene: Popisana sklednica
Swedish: gulbukig vattensköldpadda
Thai: เต่าแก้มแดง เต่าแก้มเหลือง ฯลฯ
Turkish: Kırmızı Yanaklı Su Kaplumbağası
Ukrainian: Черепаха червоновуха

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Trachemys scripta: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pond slider

Trachemys scripta in languages:

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Trachemys scripta: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pond slider

Trachemys scripta in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

Sibling Taxa

Child Taxa

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