Editing Red-eared slider (section)

=== Invasive status in India ===
Red-eared slider turtles are threatening to invade the natural water bodies across [[northeast India]], which are home to 21 out of 29 vulnerable native Indian species of freshwater turtle.<ref>{{cite news |author=Karmakar, Rahul |date=15 May 2021 |title=Native Indian turtles face U.S. slider threat across northeast |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/native-indian-turtles-face-us-slider-threat-across-northeast/article34555420.ece }}</ref> Between August&nbsp;2018 and June&nbsp;2019, a team of herpetologists from the [[non-governmental organization|NGO]] "Help Earth" found red-eared sliders in the Deepor Beel wildlife sanctuary and [[Ugratara Devalaya]] temple pond.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Purkayastha |first1=J. |last2=Bhattacharjee |first2=R. |last3=Bohra |first3=S. C. |year=2020 |title=First record of the exotic red-eared slider, ''Trachemys scripta elegans'' {{small|(Wied&nbsp;1838)}} (Emydidae) from Assam, India |journal=Reptiles & Amphibians |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=286–287 |doi=10.17161/randa.v27i2.14370 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Further reports have been made from an unnamed stream, feeding into the [[Tlawng]] river, on a farm in the [[Mizoram]] capital, [[Aizawl]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}