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Pond slider

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The pond slider is a common, medium sized, semiaquatic turtle. Three subspecies are described, the best known of which is the red eared slider, popular in the pet trade and introduced to many other parts of the world by people releasing pets into the wild. Hatchlings and juveniles have a green upper shell, a yellow lower shell, and green and yellow skin markings that fade with age until the shell becomes a muted olive green to brown and the lower shell a duller yellow, with some individuals turning almost black. The oval upper shell carries a central ridge with knobs in young turtles that softens and flattens in adults. Adult males have much longer front claws than females, and adult females have shorter, thicker tails than males. Pond sliders can live between 20 and 50 years. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Omnivore 1

System (Realm)

Freshwater 2

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 2

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 1

Scientific Name

Trachemys scripta 3

Conservation Status

Least Concern 2

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Pond slider (Wikidata)

In Biome

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Trachemys scripta

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Trachemys scripta

Parent Taxon Of

Red-eared Slider

Source Wikidata: Red-eared Slider

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Dominican Republic

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Sources

1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Trachemys scripta

Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Primary Diet, Trachemys scripta
Primary Diet omnivore omnivore
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
In Biome: Lake, Habitat Regions, biome: lakes and ponds
lakes and ponds
In Biome: River, Habitat Regions, biome: rivers and streams
rivers and streams

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2. Pond slider (Wikipedia)

Introduction
The pond slider (Trachemys scripta) is a species of common, medium-sized, semiaquatic turtle.
Introduction
Three subspecies are described, the most recognizable of which is the red-eared slider (T. s. elegans), which is popular in the pet trade and has been introduced to other parts of the world by people releasing it to the wild.
Infobox: status
LC

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3. Pond slider (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q142985 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Trachemys, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q385417 (Trachemys)

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Trachemys scripta

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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Wikidata: Red-eared Slider

Parent Taxon Of: Red-eared Slider, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q142985 (Pond slider)View the Source

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