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Red-eared slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

Photo by kjcorya
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Field Notes

Description:

A very tiny water turtle

Notes:

Found it on the road

Species ID Suggestions

Red-eared slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

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Ilya Bezdelev
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Comments (2)
MitchRay
I think that one is a Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta.
Ilya Bezdelev
I think it's a red-eared slider - I have one of those in my house. Nice to see it in the wild http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6445197
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PublishedJune 13, 2011

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