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Red Eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

Photo by KatCuff
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This guy has a home in the water feature ponds in Austin's Zilker Botanical Gardens.

Habitat:

Ponds

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Red-eared slider

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Comments (3)
KatCuff
I've seen them as small as a silver dollar.
Anna24
How small can these get?

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PublishedJanuary 15, 2012

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