---
title: "Red-eared Slider"
description: "Trachemys scripta elegans — Reptiles. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/red-eared-slider
last_updated: 2026-10-01
---

# Red-eared Slider

> Trachemys scripta elegans — Reptiles. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Trachemys scripta elegans*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 119735
- iNaturalist taxon: [51271](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51271)

## Names

- en: Red-eared Slider
- de: Rotwangen-Schmuckschildkröte
- es: Tortuga pinta
- fr: Trachémyde écrite à tempes rouges
- it: Testuggine palustre dalle orecchie rosse
- nl: roodwangschildpad
- pt: Tartaruga-de-orelhas-vermelhas
- pl: Żółw czerwonolicy

## Photo

![Red-eared Slider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-eared-slider/medium.jpg?v=da822f8d)

Photo: Braden J. Judson · CC0 · iNaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105925502

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-eared-slider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).