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Trachemys scripta

1,356Records since 2000
MayPeak month
74Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb17
Mar103
Apr229
May257
Jun239
Jul170
Aug150
Sep112
Oct48
Nov8
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kingston upon Hull, City of England100
2Sefton England86
3Surrey England42
4Cheshire East England38
5Essex England32
6Glasgow City Scotland29
7Oxfordshire England23
8Carmarthenshire Wales21
9Swansea Wales20
10St. Helens England20
11East Riding of Yorkshire England17
12Kent England15
13Norfolk England11
14Liverpool England11
15Nottinghamshire England10
1,165 England43 Scotland138 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,356
Peak month
May
Counties with records
74
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Trachemys scripta
Group
Reptiles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
898
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Testudines
Family
Emydidae
Genus
Trachemys
Name with authority
Trachemys scripta (Thunberg In Schoepff, 1792)
Described
1792
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q142985 · GBIF 2443002