Pond Slider Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans

Photo: Carel de Haseth

Classification

Trachemys [genus]

scripta [species] (1)

elegans [subspecies]

Classification

Trachemys [genus]

scripta [species] (1)

elegans [subspecies]

Names

Dutch name	Roodwangschildpad
English name	Pond Slider
Alternative English name	Common Slider
Alternative English name	Red-eared Slider
Alternative English name	Red-eared Turtle
Valid name	Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Chordata [phylum] Chordates
  - Reptilia [class] Reptiles
    - Testudines [order] Turtles
      - Emydidae [family] Pond Turtles
        
        Trachemys Agassiz, 1857 [genus]
        
        Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) [species] Pond Slider
        
        Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839) [subspecies] Pond Slider