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Red-Eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

Description:

This turtle was sunning itself on a log in the Jewell Wetlands in Aurora, CO. It has yellow stripes in the head, tail and legs. This turtle has a red stripe on the head, which makes me believe it to be a Red-Eared Slider, vs a painted Turtle. I invite comment if someone more versed in turtles disagrees with my identification.

Habitat:

Creeks and ponds in Colorado. Some references I have checked do not show this turtle native to Colorado. The USGS in the attached article indicates..."In Colorado, individual pond sliders (subspecies not given) have been collected from the counties of Boulder, Denver, Mesa, and Rio Blanco (Livo et al., 1998)."

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2 Comments

Jim Nelson
Jim Nelson 8 years ago

Addition made to include the Reptiles and Amphibians of Colorado mission. Thanks for the input.

BlueAppaloosa
BlueAppaloosa 8 years ago

Nice pic! Would you mind adding this to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Colorado mission? http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1751...

And no, Red-Eared Sliders are not a native species. There are a lot of them though, either released pets of the descendants of released pets.

Jim Nelson
Spotted by
Jim Nelson

Aurora, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Aug 15, 2015
Submitted on Aug 24, 2015

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