Note: Our red ear sliders are illegal in Florida
because they will interbreed with Florida's yellow-bellied
sliders.
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Yellow-belly
slider.
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She knows how the rock works.
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Taking a brief respite.
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Showing off for the audience.
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Yellow-bellied slider,
Trachemys
scripta scripta.
How do they come up with these names?
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Attractive carapace.
Serrated back of his carapace. Nice touch.
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Tails longer on males. These guys are native to Florida and
will interbreed with our red ears.
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Shorter tail, probable female.
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Ditto.
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Distinguishable from eastern river cooters by the "s" on their face.
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Likes goldfish, turtle sticks, and snails.
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Not a great eater of greens,
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Seems to prefer red lettuce to green.
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Both sexes try the red lettuce and turn up their noses. Of
course their noses always turn up.
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Not many critters will eat an angelfish.
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Their eggs found in the water. Hard and swollen with water.
Normally soft and leathery.
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Same eggs after drying 20 minutes.
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Another brace of eggs two days later.
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Here's looking at you, kid.
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Look ma, no hands!
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Ally-oop.
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Really likes goldfis.
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No surprise there.
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Sayonara.
Last Words:
Our red ear sliders interbreed with the yellow-bellies.
Go to
Turtles, Misc II
(red-ear)
for more detailed info. The information about
the red ears also applies to the yellow-bellies.
Go to:
Turtles,
Misc
Turtles, Misc II
(red-ear)
Turtles, Misc III
Misc Turtles IV