Red-eared Slider - Trachemys scripta elegans
(Wied-Neuwied, 1838)| Species Description |
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Purple = natural range of T. s. elegans
Dark Blue = range of introduced T. s. elegans
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| Adult, Fairfax County, Virginia | Adult, Tennessee | |
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| Hatchling, Montgomery County, Maryland | Adult, Fairfax County, Virginia | |
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| Adult, Fairfax County, Virginia | Adult, Miami-Dade County, Florida | |
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| Habitat, Fairfax County, Virginia | Riverside canal habitat |
Habitat, Miami-Dade County, Florida |
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| Red-eared Sliders basking, swimming, and sliding into a pond in LA County. | Red-eared Sliders basking at a small lake in Contra Costa County. | A Red-eared Slider swims in a small lake in Contra Costa County then hauls out onto a log. |
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