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Field Notes

Description:

Tuttle

Species ID Suggestions

Trachemys scripta elegans

Red-eared slider
BethRaver
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BethRaver
They are the most-owned pet turtle, but can contract salmonella...even if when you buy it and it isn't infected. All turtles can contract salmonella, and sliders are also considered an invasive species. As of July 1, 2007, it is illegal to sell any type of wild red-eared slider in Florida, and in Tennessee, it is illegal to own any animal caught in the wild, as a pet. Fun fact: In the second volume of the Tales of the Mutant Ninja Turtles comic, the 4 heros are revealed to be red-eared sliders...
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PublishedJuly 26, 2011

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