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    Nom taxonomique: Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839)
    Synonymes: Chrysemys scripta (Boulenger 1889), Chrysemys scripta var. elegans Boulenger 1889, Emys elegans Wied 1839, Emys holbrooki Gray 1844, Emys sanguinolenta Gray1855, Pseudemys scripta elegans Stebbins 1985, Pseudemys scripta (Jordan 1899), Testudo scripta Schoepff, 1792, Trachemys lineata Gray 1873
    Noms communs: Buchstaben-Schmuckschildkröte (German), Krasnoukhaya cherepakha (Russian), Nordamerikansk terrapin (Danish), punakorvakilpikonna (Finnish), punakõrv-ilukilpkonn (Estonian), raudonausis vežlys (Lithuanian), raudonskruostis vežlys (Lithuanian), red-eared slider (English), red-eared slider terrapin (Bahamas), rödörad vattensköldpadda (Swedish), rødøret terrapin (Danish), rødøreterrapin (Norwegian), Rotwangen-Schmuckschildkroete (German), Rotwangen-Schmuckschildkröte (German), sarkanausu brunurupucis (Latvian), slider (English), tortue à tempe rouge (French), tortue de Floride (French), zólw czerwonolicy (Polish), zólw czerwonouchy (Polish), zólw ozdobny (Polish)
    Type d'organisme: reptile
    Se rencontre dans:
    cours d'eau, lacs, zones humides, zones ripisylves
    Stades du cycle de vie
    Red-eared sliders can live for about 40 years (Scalera 2006). Therefore even if reproduction does not occur, they can survive in the wild for many years.
    Cette espèce figure sur la liste de l’UICN des 100 espèces parmi les plus envahissantes au monde
    Révisé par: Paul Pendelbury, REPTRANS UK
    Compilé par: IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group
    Updates with support from the Overseas Territories Environmental Programme (OTEP) project XOT603, a joint project with the Cayman Islands Government - Department of Environment
    Dernière mise à jour: Wednesday, 26 May 2010
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