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Category Archives: Turtles

Red-eared Slider, Trachemy scripta elegans – introduced to Tropical Areas

August 26, 2019by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Trachemys scripta elegans has been introduced in many places in the tropics. It is native to the central United States, and has spread about the world via the pet trade […]

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Meso-American slider, Trachemys venusta

August 26, 2019by rathomas49 Leave a comment

This is the “slider” of Central America, and uses the habitat just as all sliders do. Diagnostic feature is the pattern on the plastron, and no red on the side […]

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