Red Eared Slider Turtle Taxonomy

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Taxonomy of  the red eared slider turtle ( trachemys scripta elegans)

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae

Genus: Trachemys

Species: Scripta elegans

http://www1.ben.edu/museum/redearedsliderturtle.asp