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Red-eared sliders

Trachemys scripta elegans

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Red-eared sliders

Trachemys scripta elegans

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NeilDazet
With this spotting in Ohio, you can tell these are red-eared sliders from the black smudges on the underside of their yellow shells. Painted turtles have the smooth unmarked yellow plastrons (lower shell)... see this one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10812003
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PublishedMarch 30, 2013

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