Trachemys scripta

Trachemys scripta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Division: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Emydidae
Subfamilia: Deirochelyinae
Genus: Trachemys
Species: Trachemys scripta
Subspecies: T. s. elegans – T. s. scripta – T. s. troostii

Name

Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792)

References

• Thunberg, C.P. 1792. (Testudo scripta). In: Schoepff, J.D. Historia Testudinum Iconibus Illustrata. Erlangae: Ioannis Iacobi Palm, 136 pp. (pp. 16–17).
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). (ISBN: 978-1-5323-5026-9). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Trachemys scripta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 November 2019.
• Trachemys scripta – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Pond slider
magyar: Közönséges ékszerteknős
日本語: アカミミガメ
polski: Żółw ozdobny
português: Tartaruga-do-rio
ไทย: เต่าแก้มแดง, เต่าญี่ปุ่น

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