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What type of turtle is this
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Wed May 27, 2009 11:37 pmby toots6168
Trying to figure out what type of turtles I have. They were given to my boys in Sept 08 so they are about 9 1/2 months old. I know they are some type of slider and one of my boys is doing a report on them and I felt like I should tell what they are.
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Wed May 27, 2009 11:56 pmby turtledlucas
looks like a yellow bellied slider
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Thu May 28, 2009 8:20 amby Diamondbacks4Life
Nope its not a slider, looks like an Eastern River Cooter
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Thu May 28, 2009 8:42 amby christu
How can you tell the difference? I mean, I'd assume the same as turtledlucas. Even I have a baby turtle that seemed to have found its way to my baby RES, and it looks similar to the one in the pic, but it has a slightly red belly, but everything else looks the same (i.e. hands, face, and all the markings).
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Thu May 28, 2009 11:02 amby Azfar
Waahh.. very nice and b e a utiful turtle. Looks similar like Yellow Bellied Slider but its not because there is no yellow 'S' mark on the turtle cheeks
. Hehe.. just general opinion.
BUT, how can we know and differentiate between slider and cooter?
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Thu May 28, 2009 11:48 amby scottpkura
wiki: "Yellow-bellied sliders are often confused with Eastern River Cooters, who also have yellow stripes on the neck and yellow undersides, but the latter lack the green spots characteristic to T. scripta scripta."
No spots on this one must make it a cooter
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Thu May 28, 2009 1:55 pmby Caphits
It looks like that turtle has some serious pyramiding. Maybe it doesnt, but to me, it looks like it.
I have no idea what turtle that is, but it sure has some VERY nice skin patterns on it!
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Thu May 28, 2009 2:12 pmby BullDog
Not a YBS, like was said.
I'm going to take a guess and say Peninsula cooter (or Florida cooter), Pseudemys peninsularis, or Pseudemys floridana.
I agree with Caphits, looks like he's got some pretty bad pyramiding. Pyramiding is a serious shell condition that can lead to health issues. Could you describe his diet?
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Fri May 29, 2009 8:13 pmby Oshynlover
Azfar wrote:...Looks similar like Yellow Bellied Slider but its not because there is no yellow 'S' mark on the turtle cheeks
. Hehe.. just general opinion.
What?? Nuh-uh!!! They don't have "S's" on their cheeks!!!!???? ....... do they? 
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Fri May 29, 2009 10:05 pmby BullDog
Oshynlover wrote:Azfar wrote:...Looks similar like Yellow Bellied Slider but its not because there is no yellow 'S' mark on the turtle cheeks
. Hehe.. just general opinion.
What?? Nuh-uh!!! They don't have "S's" on their cheeks!!!!???? ....... do they?
YBS have a yellow "S" shape on the side of their head.
If Azfar doesn't mind me borrowing one of his pictures, you can see the shape:
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Fri May 29, 2009 10:13 pmby Oshynlover
That is hilarious!
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Fri May 29, 2009 11:59 pmby Azfar
Thank you BullDog for clearing the statement.. heh.. I was blur to find a word of shape at side of head instead using a 'cheek'..
Hehe.. My mistakes.
~~I don't mind about the picture
its good to show the real fact.
Oshynlover - Anyway that picture is one of my baby Yellow Bellied Slider.
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Sat May 30, 2009 12:05 amby Oshynlover
super cute!