pond slider
trachemys scripta latin

It is a relative of the pond slider.

The pond slider (Trachemys scripta) has expanded its range through the careless release of pets into the wild.

Trachemys scripta, better known as the pond slider, is a common, medium-sized semi-aquatic turtle.

Pond slider, a species of small aquatic Western hemisphere turtles, Trachemys scripta, including three subspecies:

Northern D'Orbigny's Slider, Relative of Pond Slider.

This subspecies of pond slider is native to the southeastern United States, specifically from Florida to southeastern Virginia, and is the most common turtle species in its range.

Trachemys dorbignyi dorbignyi, also known as the Southern D'Orbigny's Slider or simply Orbigny's Slider, is a relative of the Pond Slider.

Now, it is illegal in Florida to sell any wild-type red-eared slider, as they interbreed with the local yellow-bellied slider population - Trachemys scripta scripta is another subspecies of pond sliders, and intergrades typically combine the markings of the two subspecies.

It was for a time considered to be a species of Cooter, genus Pseudemys, and then a subspecies of the Pond Slider, Trachemys scripta, but it was granted full species status, though many sources still refer to it by its various synonyms.

The Red-Eared Slider, Trachemys scripta elegans, was introduced as a pet, but has subsequently become invasive.

Red-eared Slider Turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans)

The experts will tell why the Trachemys scripta elegans has such a short life span and why the Teen-Age Mutant Ninja Turtles, apparently the same type, do not.

Troost is credited with describing new species, such as the Western Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma) and is honored by having a subspecies of turtle named after him, the Cumberland Turtle (Trachemys scripta troostii).

It was for a time considered to be a species of Cooter, genus Pseudemys, and then a subspecies of the Pond Slider, Trachemys scripta, but it was granted full species status, though many sources still refer to it by its various synonyms.