Trachemys scripta (Schoepff, 1792)

🇬🇧 Yellow-bellied slider

🇫🇷 Tortue de Floride, Trachémyde écrite

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Subfamily: Deirochelyinae
Genus: Trachemys
Species: Trachemys scripta

Subspecies

Trachemys scripta elegans

Presence

Introduced invasive.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): NA Not Applicable

Photographs

img/trachemys-scripta.webp — Trachemys scripta

img/trachemys-scripta-2.webp — Trachemys scripta

img/trachemys-scripta-3.webp — Trachemys scripta

Sources

Luiselli, L. (2024). Trachemys scripta (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2024. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22028/207988853