About This Object
- A freeze-dried specimen of a Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans).
Collected near Raymondville, Willacy Co., Texas by Dr. Bryce C. Brown in 1970.
Curious Facts
The red-eared slider is native to the midwestern United States south into Mexico. However, due to pet releases, it is on the list of the top one hundred worldwide most invasive species.