| Specimen ID | 115766 |
| Group | Reptiles-Turtles |
| Genus | Trachemys |
| Species | scripta |
| Subspecies | elegans |
| Common Name | Red-eared Slider |
| State | NJ |
| County | Mercer |
| Locality | Lake Carnegie, Millstone River and the Delaware and Raritan Canal |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Raritan |
| HUC8 Number | 02030105 |
| Map | |
| Collection Month | 6 |
| Collection Year | 1977 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | released pet |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 12098 |
| Author: | Stein, R.J., W.K. Eames, and D.C. Parris |
| Date: | 1980 |
| Title: | Geographic Distribution: Chrysemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider). |
| Journal: | Herpetological Review |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 115 |
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| Comments | 5 collected and deposited at the New Jersey State Museum; more than 100 observed basking in the lake, canal, and pond formed at the aqueduct of the Millstone River where it flows into Lake Carnegie |
| Record Type | Specimen |
| Disposal | New Jersey State Museum |
| Museum Cat Number | NJSM-P317 to P321 |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
