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Red-eared Slider

Three red-eared sliders and a river cooter basking on a log in a pond. The river cooter is the largest turtle in the middle, and the red-eared sliders are to its left and right.
Common Name
Red-eared Slider

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The table below is a high-level overview of the subsequent branches of this taxon, organized by taxonomic level and further subdivided by items that FWS focuses on, either through a regulatory or other capacity. You can change your list view by selecting an option from the overview table:

  • To view all branches of a respective taxonomic level, see the Taxa column.
  • To further filter your view of branches that FWS focuses on, see the FWS Focus column.
  • By default, the list view will always show the child branches of the current taxon.

Branches of Trachemys scripta elegans

Taxonomic LevelTaxaFWS Focus
All Subtaxa00

Location in Taxonomic Tree

KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
InfrakingdomDeuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
InfraphylumGnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassReptilia
OrderTestudines
SuborderCryptodira
SuperfamilyTestudinoidea
FamilyEmydidae
SubfamilyDeirochelyinae
GenusTrachemys
SpeciesTrachemys scripta
SubspeciesTrachemys scripta elegans

Viewing: descendants of Trachemys scripta elegans