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Turtle ID

Posted by mikeygraz (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 26, 08 at 15:01

I'm bored...lets see who can correctly identify this turtle...shouldn't be too difficult :)

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RE: Turtle ID

I believe that is called a Beautiful Turtle!


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RE: Turtle ID

Haha, that is true! At least you had the (blank) to set up and reply to this though! Any takers?... ;)
~Mike


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Galapagos tortoise? ;)


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Looks like a Chicken Turtle- habitat looks a bit like its in the SE US.


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We have millions of those i south Florida but I couldn`t tell you what it is other than its a turtle and it lives in fresh water.


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That looks like one of those little dime-store 'pet' turtles that parents turn loose into a local stream or lake after the kids get tired of feeding them. They used to cost 10 cents when I was a kid, but I think they cost a lot more now.


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yellow bellied slider, and a nice looking one


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Atrox got it - its an Eastern Chicken Turtle (Dierochelys reticularia). Commonly mistaken for yellowbelly sliders.

~Mike


 
 

 

 


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