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Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied, 1838)

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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Chrysemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839)
Chrysemys scripta var. elegans Boulenger, 1889
Emys elegans Wied, 1839
Emys holbrooki Gray, 1844
Emys sanguinolenta Gray, 1855
Pseudemys elegans Force, 1928
Pseudemys scripta elegans Cagle, 1944
Trachemys lineata Gray, 1873
Homonyms
Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied, 1838)
Common names
Buchstaben-Schmuckschildkröte in language.
Krasnoukhaya cherepakha in language.
Nordamerikansk terrapin in language.
Red-eared Slider in English
Red-eared Slider in English
Rotwangen-Schmuckschildkroete in language.
Rotwangen-Schmuckschildkröte in language.
Rødøret terrapin in Danish
punakorvakilpikonna in language.
punakõrv-ilukilpkonn in language.
raudonausis vežlys in language.
raudonskruostis vežlys in language.
red-eared slider in language.
red-eared slider terrapin in language.
red-eared terrapin in English
roodwangschildpad in Dutch
rödörad vattensköldpadda in language.
rødøret terrapin in language.
rødøreterrapin in language.
sarkanausu brunurupucis in language.
slider in language.
tortue de Floride in language.
tortue à tempe rouge in language.
zólw czerwonolicy in language.
zólw czerwonouchy in language.
zólw ozdobny in language.
紅耳龜;紅耳泥龜;巴西龜;巴西彩龜;翠龜;麻將龜;秀麗錦龜;七彩龜;彩龜 in language.
Roodwangschildpad in Dutch
rödörad vattensköldpadda in Swedish
rödörad vattensköldpadda in Swedish
raudøyreterrapin in Nynorsk, Norwegian
rødøreterrapin in Norwegian Bokmål

Bibliographic References

  1. Anonymus 2008
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Collins, J. T., 1990: null. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Third Edition. ii + 41.
  5. 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.
  6. Eric Graitson
  7. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  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. 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.
  10. Rhodin, A. G. J. et al. (2010) Turtles of the world
  11. Rhodin, A. G. J. et al. (2010) Turtles of the world
  12. 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.
  13. Uetz, Freed, P. & Hošek (eds.), J. (2019) The Reptile Database
  14. Uetz, Freed, P. & Hošek (eds.), J. (2019) The Reptile Database
  15. Uetz, J. (2014) The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg; www.reptile-database.org
  16. Uetz, J. (2014) The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg; www.reptile-database.org
  17. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/download/0055570-200613084148143
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