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Field Notes

Description:

This little guy was spotted wondering around my friends back yard :)

Habitat:

Found near Red Wing Park

Species ID Suggestions

Red-eared slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

Yellow footed tortoise

Chelonoidis denticulata

Comments (2)

This is a red eared slider found throughout usa
Welcome to Project Noah! Your submissions are beautiful! This little turtle looks similar to a Yellow-bellied Slider, Trachemys scripta scripta. I can't be 100% but there is a strong resemblence. http://www.angelfishaquatics.co.uk/baby-terrapin-yellow-bellied-slider-trachemys-scripta-scripta-1388-p.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-bellied_slider See what you think. Do you happpen to have any other views of this turtle? It can be very helpful to have different views of organisms to help with identification (examples in this case, the top of the shell, the underside, perhaps a photo with the turtle's head exposed, etc.). Welcome again!

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