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Red-eared slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

1 Species ID Suggestions

NeilDazet
NeilDazet 12 years ago
Red-eared slider
Trachemys scripta elegans Red-eared slider


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Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Thank you both

NeilDazet
NeilDazet 12 years ago

I agree with the comment by bandhturtlesite. It looks to me like a Red-eared slider. In many habitats all over the world, they are an introduced species and have successfully established large breeding populations.

bandhturtlesite
bandhturtlesite 12 years ago

This turtle is a slider the question is what type. It could be a Trachemys venusta, the Meso-American Slider, which would be native to the area or it could be a Trachemys scripta elegans, the red eared slider, which is native to the Midwest of the United States. It looks like a red eared slider because the postorbital mark is red but some T. venustas do have red or orange postorbital marks.

Ismael Chaves
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Ismael Chaves

Heredia, Costa Rica

Spotted on Apr 22, 2012
Submitted on Apr 22, 2012

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