# Slider (*Trachemys scripta*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/slider  
Data as of: 2026-11-13

The slider (Trachemys scripta) is a species in the family Emydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh 900 g to 1.85 kg and live up to 30 years.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 900 g – 1.85 kg |
| Length | up to 26.4 cm |
| Lifespan | 30 years |
| Diet | Carnivore |
| Longest recorded lifespan | 75 years |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | Not recorded |
| Egg incubation | 67.9 days |
| Young per litter or clutch | 8.4 |
| Age at maturity | 4 years – 7.99 years |
| Litters or clutches a year | 2 |
| Reproduction | Eggs |
| Active | By day (diurnal) |
| Lifestyle | Aquatic |
| Brain mass | 738 mg |
| Resting metabolic rate | 28.9 mW |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Introduced range

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists it as introduced in 35 countries, and flagged as invasive in 17 of them. Introduced: Argentina, Aruba, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Sint Maarten, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, St. Martin, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom. Invasive: Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Sint Maarten, St. Martin, Thailand, United Kingdom. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Reptilia
- order: Testudines
- family: Emydidae
- genus: Trachemys
- species: *Trachemys scripta* (Thunberg, 1792)

Synonyms: *Chrysemys scripta*, *Emys cumberlandensis*, *Emys elegans*, *Emys holbrooki*, *Emys sanguinolenta*, *Emys troosti*, *Emys vittata*, *Pseudemys elegans*, *Pseudemys grayi*, *Pseudemys scripta*, *Testudo scabra*, *Testudo scripta*, *Testudo serrata*, *Trachemys lineata*

## Common questions

### How big is the slider?

An adult slider weighs 900 g – 1.85 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

### How long does the slider live?

The slider has a recorded lifespan of 30 years.

### Is the slider an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the slider as invasive in 17 countries, including Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil and Croatia. It lists it as introduced in 35 in all.

### What kind of animal is the slider?

The slider (Trachemys scripta) belongs to the family Emydidae in the order Testudines.

## Sources

- [An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1), CC0 1.0, E096-269. Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1
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- [Catalogue of Life eXtended Release](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), CC BY 4.0, 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
- [Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS)](https://griis.org/), CC BY 4.0, 2026-11-13. Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0, 2026-11-11. Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).

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