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Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied, 1838)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SUBSPECIES
Published in
Wied, & Prinz Zu, M. Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834, erster Band.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Emydidae
genus
Trachemys
species
Trachemys scripta

Name

Synonyms
? elegans Wied-Neuwied, 1839
Chrysemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839)
Pseudemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839)
Homonyms
Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied, 1838)
Common names
American Red-eared Slider in English
Amerikaanse Rooioorwaterskilpad in Afrikaans
Buchstaben-Schmuckschildkröte in language.
Crvenouha kornjača in Croatian
Eklo in Ewe
Krasnoukhaya cherepakha in language.
Kura-Kura Brazil in Indonesian
Kızıl Yanaklı Su Kaplumbağası in Turkish
Nordamerikansk terrapin in language.
Punakorvakilpikonna in Finnish
RES in English
Rdečevratka in Slovenian
Red eared slider in English
Red-Eared Terrapin in English
Red-eared Slider in English
Red-eared Slider in English
Red-eared Terrapin in English
Red-eared Turtle in English
Red-eared slider in English
Red-eared slider in English
Red-eared slider in English
Rooioorwaterskilpad in Afrikaans
Rotwangen-Schmuckschildkroete in language.
Rotwangen-Schmuckschildkröte in language.
Rotwangen-Schmuckschildkröte in German
Róudwaunger-Schmuckschiedkrood in language.
Rødøret terrapin in Danish
Tartaruga-de-orelhas-vermelhas in Portuguese
Tartuga de Florida in Aragonese
Terrapin in English
Testuggine palustre dalle guance rosse in Italian
Testuggine palustre dalle orecchie rosse in Italian
Tortue de Floride in French
Tortue de Floride à tempes rouges in French
Tortue à oreilles rouges in French
Tortue à oreillons rouge in French
Tortuga d'orelles vermelles in Catalan–Valencian
Tortuga de orejas rojas in Spanish
Tortuga pinta in Spanish
Trachémyde à tempes rouges in French
Trachémyde à tempes rouges in French
Trachémyde écrite à tempes rouges in French
Trachémyde écrite à tempes rouges (La), tortue de Floride in French
punakorvakilpikonna in language.
punakõrv-ilukilpkonn in language.
raudonausis vežlys in language.
raudonskruostis vežlys in language.
raudøyreterrapin in Nynorsk, Norwegian
red-eared slider in language.
red-eared slider terrapin in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. (2019) The Reptile Database
  2. (2019) The Reptile Database
  3. Bringsøe (2006) NOBANIS – Invasive Alien Species Fact Sheet – Trachemys scripta. From: Online Database of the North European and Baltic Network on Invasive Alien Species – NOBANIS
  4. Bringsøe, H. (2006) NOBANIS – Invasive Alien Species Fact Sheet – Trachemys scripta. From: Online Database of the North European and Baltic Network on Invasive Alien Species – NOBANIS www.nobanis.org, Date of access 14/02/2014
  5. CABI Invasive Species Compendium (2017ac), https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/61560
  6. Collins, J. T., 1990: null. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Third Edition. ii + 41.
  7. Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Kevin de Queiroz, et al., 2012: Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding, Seventh Ed.. Herpetological Circular, no. 39. 1-92.
  8. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  9. Myers, Espinosa, Parr, Jones, Hammond & Dewey (2014) The Animal Diversity Web
  10. Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey (2014) The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.
  11. Rhodin, A. G. J. et al. (2010) Turtles of the world
  12. Rhodin, van Dijk, Iverson & Shaffer (2010) Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status
  13. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  14. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
  15. Uetz & Hallermann (2014) The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg
  16. Uetz, J. (2014) The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg; www.reptile-database.org
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