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Pond Slider

Trachemys scripta

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 906, February 669, March 1,048, April 1,649, May 2,377, June 2,592, July 2,774, August 2,386, September 1,752, October 1,307, November 714, December 558.
United States88,122
Alaska18,733
Texas17,549
California9,428
Canada6,556
North Carolina5,815
Alabama4,582
South Carolina3,961
Ontario3,884
Georgia3,799

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyPond and Box Turtles · Emydidae
GenusSliders · Trachemys

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