Species profile—Trachemys scripta (common slider)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Emydidae (emydid turtles, pond turtles, terrapins) → Trachemys scripta (common slider)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Emydidae (emydid turtles, pond turtles, terrapins)
- Scientific name
- Trachemys scripta (Schoepff, 1792)
- Common name
- common slider
- Type reference
- Schoepff, J.D. (1792). Historia Testudinum iconibus illustrata. J.J. Palm, Erlangae. 136 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 28781
- Synonym(s)
- Pseudemys scripta
Chrysemys scripta - Alternate name(s)
- pond slider
- Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Prohibited Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=28781.
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
