Classification
Biota [regio]Animalia [regnum]
Chordata [phylum]
Reptilia [classis]
Testudines [ordo]
Emydidae [familia]
Trachemys [genus]
Trachemys scripta [species]
Trachemys scripta contains the following taxa:
Trachemys scripta troostii Holbrook, 1836 [subspecies]