Subspecies Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Emys elegans Wied-Neuwied, M. 1839. Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832-1834. Coblenz : J. Hoelscher Vol. 1(4). [213].

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Clayton et al. (2006) provide a general distribution for this species; Fritz and Havas (2007: 208) state 'introduced in many countries worldwide'.

Introduced from North America.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, lentic freshwater.

 

General References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp.

Fritz, U. & Havas, P. 2007. Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Vertebrate Zoology 57(2): 149-368 [208]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)