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Red-eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

This turtle was in a shallow stream with a red-eared slider.

Habitat:

Stream running through a development greenbelt.

Species ID Suggestions

Red-eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

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AshleyT
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Comments (2)
AshleyT
This is an older, melanistic individual. Not completely black yet, they often get those squiggles all over the head before they go fully melanistic. It is extremely common for older sliders to be melanistic

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PublishedJuly 29, 2014

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