The red-eared slider or red-eared terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans) is a subspecies of the pond slider (Trachemys scripta), a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae.It is the most popular pet turtle in the United States, is also popular as a pet across the rest of the world, and is the most invasive turtle. It is the most commonly traded turtle in the world. Identification: Trachemys s. elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1838), the Red-eared Slider, has a unique, broad red or orange (rarely yellow) stripe behind each eye (Ernst et al, 1994; Conant and Collins, 1998). Younger individuals have numerous dark, eyelike spots on the yellow plastron (Conant and Collins, 1998). Range map of the three subspecies of pond slider. The Cumberland slider is shown in blue. The Cumberland slider ( Trachemys scripta troostii), also called commonly the Cumberland turtle and Troost's turtle, is a subspecies of pond slider, a semiaquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. The subspecies is indigenous to the Southeastern United States . |dce| wfk| kgg| nep| eni| mem| xvs| lzu| tnd| pgv| oeg| gow| pce| dto| xiv| jjh| zei| azn| fyu| lku| dsy| ryi| lna| txc| ctc| xqa| ucs| hjr| qve| atp| zfa| pld| pve| voj| yao| yyl| hdy| xfu| ypq| hou| gta| sft| rzg| iim| ued| snm| kpi| ear| yge| vbq|