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Trachemys scripta
Like Neil suggested below.
This was spotted during a Lower East Side Ecology Center tour of Combined Sewage Overflows. The guide also said that it was probably a red-eared slider. It was probably not happy in the cold, brackish water of the East River.
East River near Brooklyn Bridge
Spotted on Apr 15, 2012
Submitted on Apr 15, 2012
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