Specimen Information

Trachemys scripta elegans
Trachemys scripta elegans
(Red-eared Slider)
Reptiles-Turtles
Native Transplant

Specimen ID159235
GroupReptiles-Turtles
GenusTrachemys
Speciesscripta
Subspecieselegans
Common NameRed-eared Slider
StateNC
CountyMecklenburg
LocalityMecklenburg County
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeCounty
HUC8 NameUpper Catawba
HUC8 Number03050101
Map
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Collection Year1980
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwayreleased pet
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:13370
Author:Martof, B.S., W.M. Palmer, J.R. Bailey, and J.R. Harrison, III.
Date:1980
Title:Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia.
Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
Pages:7-8,33-39
Reference 2
Ref. Number:13257
Author:Palmer, W.M., and A.L. Braswell.
Date:1995
Title:Reptiles of North Carolina.
Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press for North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Chapel Hill and London.
Pages:412 pp
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordcounty
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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