red eared slider/Trachemys scripta elegans
I realize that this is not the place for pets, but I was in a shop picking up supplies for my dogs and cats and I was a bit taken back when I noticed these beautiful creatures, whose environments are being destroyed, for sale. These animals belong in the wild not in shops.
The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), also known as the red-eared terrapin, red-eared slider turtle, red-eared turtle, slider turtle, and water slider turtle, is a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is a subspecies of the pond slider. It is the most popular pet turtle in the United States and is also popular as a pet across the rest of the world, and is the most invasive turtle.
Similar species: Turtles And Tortoises
By Scott Staley
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Uploaded Nov 25, 2012. Captured Nov 24, 2012 12:49.
