hi all, i have bought 2 turtles and was told that one was a yellow belly and the other was a slider.. we know the girl is definately a yellow bellied slider but we are unsure about the boy! I have had someone tell me he`s a red eared slider but he`s not got the red ears.. i`ve also been told he`s a river cooter!
Could anyone help to identify what type he is please..

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Sorry the pic`s are not best quality but he was very nervous about being out of his tank... any ideas anyone?

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Could you please link the photos to your post outside of Facebook, either by uploading to an image hosting site such as Flickr or Photobucket or by file attachments to your posts. We can't see the photos unless we log in, not everyone has a Facebook account.

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R.I.P Chloe 1989 - 20/8/10.. gone but never ever forgotten

Just something I need to point out, the common names Yellow Bellied Slider and Yellow Bellied Turtle are different names for the same subvariant of the Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta), Trachemys scripta scripta.

Do you think he`s a Yellow bellied slider then?

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R.I.P Chloe 1989 - 20/8/10.. gone but never ever forgotten

Need better photo shots but the one in the second pic is a yellow bellied slider

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thanks.. saw an identical one in the pet shop today and asked what type it was, apparently he`s a yellow eared slider. I know my other turtle is a yellow bellied slider but is there a difference between types or do some people call them yellow bellied and others call them yellow eared?

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R.I.P Chloe 1989 - 20/8/10.. gone but never ever forgotten

Theres no such thing as a yellow eared slider theres a red eared slider, most pet shops dont no what there on about when it comes to terrapins

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omg... you can tell i don`t know much about them then... i googled yellow eared sliders and it did come up with images of them so now i`m mega confused.

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R.I.P Chloe 1989 - 20/8/10.. gone but never ever forgotten

Yellow bellied slider - Trachemys scripta scripta