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Trachemys scripta (Thunberg In Schoepff, 1792)

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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
? scripta Schoepff, 1792
Chrysemys elegans Bergounioux, 1958
Chrysemys scripta (Schoepff, 1792)
Chrysemys scripta (Thunberg, 1792)
Emys cumberlandensis Holbrook, 1840
Emys elegans Wied, 1839
Emys holbrooki Gray, 1844
Emys sanguinolenta Gray, 1855
Emys troosti Holbrook, 1836
Emys vittata Gray, 1831
Pseudemys elegans Force, 1928
Pseudemys grayi
Pseudemys scripta (Schoepff, 1792)
Pseudemys scripta (Thunberg, 1792)
Testudo scripta Thunberg In Schoepff, 1792
Testudo serrata Daudin, 1802
Trachemys lineata Gray, 1873
Homonyms
Trachemys scripta (Thunberg In Schoepff, 1792)
Common names
"Red-eared in language.
Buchstaben-Schmuckschildkröte in German
Buchstabenschmuckschildkröte in German
Common Slider in English
Common Slider in English
Common Slider in English
Cumberland Slider in language.
Cumberland-Schmuckschildkröte (troosti) in German
Gelbwangenschmuckschildkröte (T. s. scripta) in German
Hicotea; Icotea; Jicotea in Spanish
Nordamerikanische Buchstaben-Schmuckschildkröte in German
Nordamerikansk terrapin in Danish
Pond Slider in English
Pond Slider in English
Pond Slider in English
Roodwangschildpadden in language.
Rotwangenschmuckschildkröte in German
Rotwangenschmuckschildkröte (elegans) in German
Slider in English
Slider in English
Slider Turtle, Red-Eared Terrapin, Red-Eared Slider in English
Slider Turtle, Red-Eared Terrapin, Red-Eared Slider in English
Tortuga gravada in Spanish
dime-store turtle in language.
lettersierschildpad in Dutch
red-eared slider in language.
red-eared slider turtle in language.
roodwangschildpad in Dutch
slider in English
slider in English
slider turtle in language.
slider turtle, red-eared terrapin, red-eared slider in English
tortue de Floride in French
tortue à oreilles rouges in French
trachémyde écrite in French
красноухая черепаха in Russian
Lettersierschildpad in Dutch
Pond Slider in English
Red-Eared Terrapin in English
Red-Eared Terrapin in English
Red-eared Terrapin in English
Yellow-Bellied Slider Turtle in English
Yellow-Bellied Slider Turtle in English
Yellow-bellied Slider Turtle in English
gulbukig vattensköldpadda in Swedish
gulbukig vattensköldpadda in Swedish
raudøyreterrapin in Nynorsk, Norwegian
rødøreterrapin in Norwegian Bokmål
Common Slider in English
Cumberland Slider Turtle in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Anonymus 2008
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2004: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004).
  3. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  4. 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.
  5. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  6. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  7. Myers, P., Espinosa, R., Parr, C.S., Jones, T., Hammond, G.S. & Dewey, T.A. (2014-02-12 23:00:00) The Animal Diversity Web
  8. 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.
  9. Rhodin, A. G. J. et al. (2010) Turtles of the world
  10. Rhodin, A.G.J., van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B. & Shaffer, H.B. (2014-02-12 23:00:00) Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status
  11. 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.
  12. Uetz, Freed, P. & Hošek (eds.), J. (2020-04-06 20:01:00) The Reptile Database
  13. Uetz, J. (2014) The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg; www.reptile-database.org
  14. Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. (2014-02-12 23:00:00) The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg
  15. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
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