Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied, 1839)
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🇫🇷 Tortue de Floride, Trachémyde écrite à tempes rouges
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Emydidae
- Subfamily: Deirochelyinae
- Genus: Trachemys
- Species: Trachemys scripta elegans
Presence
Introduced invasive.
Conservation status
- Red List (Europe): NA Not Applicable
Notes
Subspecies which has a bright red stripe on each side of the head.
Photographs
Sources
- Luiselli, L. (2024). Trachemys scripta (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2024. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22028/207988853