The head, legs, and tail are green with fine, irregular, yellow lines. The plastron is highly variable in pattern. The plastron is always a light yellow with dark, paired, irregular markings in the centre of most scutes. In young or recently hatched turtles, it is leaf green and gets slightly darker as a turtle gets older, until it is a very dark green, and then turns a shade between brown and olive green. It usually has a dark green background with light and dark, highly variable markings. The color of the carapace changes depending on the age of the turtle. The carapace is oval and flattened (especially in the male) and has a weak keel that is more pronounced in the young. The upper carapace consists of the vertebral scutes, which form the central, elevated portion pleural scutes that are located around the vertebral scutes and then the marginal scutes around the edge of the carapace.
The shell is divided into the upper or dorsal carapace, and the lower, ventral carapace or plastron. The quality of their living environment has a strong influence on their lifespans and well being. Their life expectancy is shorter when they are kept in captivity. Years, although some individuals can live for more than 70 years. The females of the species are usually larger than the males. The carapace of this species can reach more than 40 cm (16 in) in length, but the typical length ranges from 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 in). Description Red-eared slider basking on a floating platform under a sunlamp Plastron of a young red-eared slider turtle Trachemys scripta contains three subspecies: T.
It was previously classified under the name Chrysemys scripta elegans. The red-eared slider belongs to the order Testudines, which contains about 250 turtle species. Trachemys scripta troostii is now the scientific name for another subspecies, the Cumberland slider. This species was previously known as Troost's turtle in honor of an American herpetologist Gerard Troost. The red-eared slider gets its name from the small, red stripe around its ears, or where its ears would be, and from its ability to slide quickly off rocks and logs into the water. Etymology Red-eared sliders are popular pets around the world. The red-eared slider is included in the list of the world's 100 most invasive species. The red-eared slider is native from the Midwestern United States to northern Mexico, but has become established in other places because of pet releases, and has become invasive in many areas where it outcompetes native species. It is the most commonly traded turtle in the world. It is the most popular pet turtle in the United States, is also popular as a pet across the rest of the world, and is the most invasive turtle. The red-eared slider or red-eared terrapin ( Trachemys scripta elegans) is a subspecies of the pond slider ( Trachemys scripta), a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae.
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