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Red-eared slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

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Field Notes

Description:

Medium to large-sized turtle with small bumps on the shell. Commonly kept as a pet. Named after the red patch behind the eye. "Slider" comes from their ability to slide off rocks into water with great speed and agility.

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Red-eared Slider - Trachemys scripta elegans - Overview, Red-eared slider

Species ID Suggestions

Red-eared slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

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Stian Waaler
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Comments (1)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Hi ma3arkka, welcome to Project Noah. Please refer to our FAQs http://www.projectnoah.org/faq and terms http://www.projectnoah.org/terms and ensure that your spottings are completed correctly and in accordance with our rules. For this spotting we need to know if it is captive and if so the name of the establishment holding it. We also need the habitat field completing on all spottings and as much other detail as possible, and the map pin should be in the correct location, not in the middle of a city if this was on a beach!
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PublishedMay 25, 2013

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