Аннотация:We combined and analyzed our own original and literature data on the distribution and ecology of this terrapin throughout Eurasia in the past 50 years. The invasion of this reptile in outdoor water bodies first started in two distant locations of Eurasia and was later driven by numerous independent releases across the ontinent. The geographical expansion of this reptile gradually enlarged up to the present time and is continuing. For example, we recently detected this terrapin in eight “new” countries as well as several distant regions of Russia for the first time. Currently, the red-eared slider has been documented in natural water bodies in more than seventy countries of Europe and Asia.