Species Detail - Pond Terrapin (Trachemys scripta) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "National Invasive Species Database".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Trachemys scripta
Pond Terrapin
NHMSYS0000080227 RecommendedWell-formed
Invasive Species: EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation No. 1143/2014 || Invasive Species: Medium Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report)
trscr
(Schoepff, 1792)
Reptile
Species
20
11
6
16/06/2013
10/05/2025
20 March (recorded in 2020)
16 September (recorded in 2024)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, National Invasive Species Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Pond Terrapin (Trachemys scripta), accessed 31 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/397/Species/128459>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)