Yellow-bellied slider turtles can be purchased in most aquarium stores and are a very rare turtle species! Below is a detailed introduction to this type of turtle.

Yellow-bellied Slider Turtle Slider

Chinese name: Yellow-bellied Slider

English name: Pond Slider, Chrysemys scripta

Morphological description: Body length 5-11 3/8" (12.7-28.9cm). There are patches on the back of the eyes, mainly yellow, which may also be orange or red. The carapace is oval, with small ribs, olive to brown, and the markings on it vary from yellow to short. There are different changes from lines to reticulation and eye spots. The pattern on the upper part is simple or complex. The front of the upper jaw is notched in a "V" shape, and there are no spikes on the sides. With age, the patterns on the body and the patches on the head will be replaced by black, making it difficult to distinguish.

Growth: From March to June, nesting occurs in June and July. Eggs are laid in 1-3 clutches of 4-23 eggs, oval, 1 3/8" (37 mm) long, in a nest 1-4" (2.5-10.2 cm) deep. The position is isolated from the water. The hatchlings hatch in 2-2 1/2 months, but they often spend the winter in the nest.

Resting conditions: The bottom is soft. Lush vegetation, slow-flowing rivers, shallow creeks, swamps, pools, and lakes

Dispersion range: from southeastern Virginia to northern Florida, west to New Mexico, and southward. To Brazil.

Subspecies: The named subspecies (i.e., yellow-bellied slider turtle, C. s. scripta) has a prominent longitudinal yellow spot behind the eyes, and there are also yellow spots on each rib shield. Vertical stripes, round dark stains on the front of the plastron; scattered from southeastern Virginia to northern Florida. Red-eared turtles (C. s. elegans), with broad stripes behind the eyes. Red stripes, with dark spots on each scute of the plastron; Cumberland subspecies (C. s. troosti), scattered in the Mississippi River basin from northern Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico. From southeastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia to eastern AlabamaTo the north, the Cumberland and upper Tennessee River valleys. Ohara subspecies (C. s. gaigeae) has huge orange freckles on both sides of the head. The freckles are surrounded by black edges. There are smaller orange freckles on the back of the eyes. There are mesh patterns on the carapace; scattered. They are also scattered in the Great Plains area of ​​Texas and neighboring Mexico and south-central New Mexico.

The original species like to bask in the sun, and you can often see them stacked one on top of another on a suitable log. Young turtles feed on aquatic insects, crustaceans, molluscs, and tadpoles, and turn to plant food as they reach adulthood. Millions of rare turtles are hatched in breeding farms and sold as action pets. But it is rare for turtles to reach adulthood.

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