Trachemys | |
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Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Subfamily: | Deirochelyinae |
Genus: | Trachemys Agassiz, 1857[1][2][3] |
Synonyms | |
Trachemys is agenus ofturtles belonging to the familyEmydidae.[1] Members of this genus are native to theAmericas, ranging from theMidwestern United States south to northernArgentina, but one subspecies, thered-eared slider (T. scripta elegans), has been introduced worldwide. Species under this genus are commonly referred to assliders.
Nota bene: In the above list, abinomial authority or atrinomial authority in parentheses indicates that thespecies orsubspecies was originally described in a genus other thanTrachemys.