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Red-Eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

Photo by SargonR
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Description:

Red-Eared Slider spotting basking on a small rock in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, OK. We saw more than 100 turtles basking like these two as we walked the 8-mile Dog Run Hollow trail.

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Red-eared slider - Wikipedia

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maplemoth662
A very beautiful photo....a very beautiful turtle....

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BioBlitz! Oklahoma
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Wildlife of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
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Oklahoma and Texas Wildlife

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PublishedMarch 25, 2018

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