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red ear slider turtle

Trachemys scripta elegans

Photo by JordiPrats
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Field Notes

Description:

A melanistic male

Habitat:

Spotted at the Reservoir, Central Park, New York.
Red-eared sliders are native to the Southern United States and northern Mexico

Notes:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species: T. scripta
Subspecies: T. s. elegans

Reference Links:

Red-eared slider - Wikipedia

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