Trachemys scripta

Taxobox
name = "Trachemys scripta"
status = LR/nt
status_system = IUCN2.3


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Trachymys scripta elegans", the red-eared slider
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
subclassis = Anapsida
ordo = Testudines
familia = Emydidae
genus = "Trachemys"
species = "T. scripta"
subspecies = "Trachemys scripta callirostris"
"Trachemys scripta elegans"
"Trachemys scripta scripta"
"Trachemys scripta troostii"
binomial = "Trachemys scripta"
binomial_authority = (Schoepff, 1792)

"Trachemys scripta" includes the subspecies "T. s. elegans", commonly known as the Red-eared Slider. The Trachemys scripta is a group of medium sized aquatic turtles. There are three subspecies of sliders in the United States. Hatchlings have a green shell (carapace) and skin with yellow green and dark green striped markings. Marking colors in adults fades to a muted olive green color. Some individuals become almost black with few visible markings. The carapace is oval and flattened. The underside of the shell is yellow with dark markings in the center of each scute.1

1.) Dewey, T. and T. Kuhrt. 2002. "Trachemys scripta" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed July 29, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Trachemys_scripta.html.