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Can anyone ID this turtle

Photo by swepdavis1
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32.0129, -89.1169

Field Notes

Description:

Note black color,pattern on shell is stripes rather than squares, long claws

Habitat:

open land in Jasper Co. MS

Species ID Suggestions

Yellow-Bellied Slider

Trachemys scripta scripta

Reference Link
jbstrange2202
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Comments (2)
swepdavis1
not that we noticed, didn't look carefully at sides
jbstrange2202
Did it have a red stripe down either side of its head?
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PublishedApril 15, 2014

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