Red-eared slider

Red-eared slider
	At the Cincinnati Zoo
	1865 engraving by Karl Bodmer, who accompanied the authority on his expedition
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. scripta
Subspecies:	T. s. elegans
Trinomial name
	Trachemys scripta elegans; (Wied-Neuwied, 1839)
	The US range T. s. elegans.
Synonyms
	Emys elegans ; Wied-Neuwied, 1839; Emys holbrookii ; Gray, 1844; Emys sanguinolenta ; Gray, 1856; Trachemys elegans ; — Agassiz, 1857; Clemmys elegans ; — Strauch, 1862; Trachemys holbrooki [sic] ; — Gray, 1863 (ex errore); Trachemys holbrookii ; — Gray, 1869; Trachemys lineata ; Gray, 1873; Pseudemys elegans ; — Cope, 1875; Chrysemys elegans ; — Boulenger, 1889; Chrysemys scripta var. elegans ; — Boulenger, 1889; Chrysemys palustris elegans ; — Lindholm, 1929; Pseudemys troostii elegans ; — Stejneger & Barbour, 1939; Pseudemys scripta elegans ; — Cagle, 1944; Trachemys scripta elegans ; — Iverson, 1985; Trachemys scripta elagans [sic] ; Fong, Parham & Fu, 2002 ; (ex errore); Trachemys scripta elgans [sic] ; Fong, Parham & Fu, 2002 ; (ex errore);

The red-eared slider or red-eared terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans) is a subspecies of the pond slider (Trachemys scripta), a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is the most popular pet turtle in the United States, is also popular as a pet across the rest of the world, and is the most invasive turtle. It is the most commonly traded turtle in the world.

The red-eared slider is native from the Midwestern United States to northern Mexico, but has become established in other places because of pet releases, and has become invasive in many areas where it outcompetes native species. The red-eared slider is included in the list of the world's 100 most invasive species.

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