Trachemys scripta (Red-eared Slider)
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SLIDER
Trachemys scripta (Schoepff, 1792)
STATUS: Abundant
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: Lake Lavon, 2 mi NW
Farmersville, Wylie area, 1.4 mi N of Blue Ridge, and Brockdale Handy
Capped Park fishing pond near Lake Lavon;
Dallas Co.: Farmers
Branch at US 77, Seagoville area,Glen Lake Country Club Lake, Midway and
Sping Valley Rd., and Dallas Nature Center near Cedar Hill;
Denton Co.: near
Roanoke, 4.2 mi N of Denton near Milam Creek, and 2.8 mi W of Denton; Johnson Co.: 2.4
mi NE of FM 1434 on Park Rd. 21; Parker
Co.: 8 mi S of Springtown
on FM 51 and 5.9 mi N of Aledo on FM 5;
Tarrant Co.: River
Legacy Parks in NW Arlington, Benbrook Lake, Eagle Mt. Lake, Lake
Arlington, Lake Worth, and the Euless area
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Parker, Somervell,
Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: permanent
water in all habitats
SUBSPECIES: Red-eared
Slider [T. s. elegans (Wied, 1838)]
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