Hello can anyone help me identify my turtle?
Iwas told it was a musk turtle, have brought myself a book on reptiles
and now im not so sure

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he does look like a musk turtle, what makes you think he isn`t one ? couple more photo`s would be nice if you have them too as the one you have posted is slightly blurry , his underbelly certainly suggests that he could be one

He certainly looks like our musk turtle from that angle but i'm no expert - how big is he and how old? Could you take a photo from the top?

i have two musk turtles and it looks like he could be one

that reminds me i have a question to ask about turtles but i will make my own thread

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marley boy , in reference to your question , the turtle photographed above is a boy lol hope this helps you too lauren

adult male common musk turtle - Sternotherus Oderatus

Hey, figured this thread was as good as any to ask. I have two, YBS (or that's what the last owned told me). I'm not 100% convinced because they said that the shop owner had told them (they're not always right). They are currently called Big and Baby, due to the fact that they're too young to tell gender. So, the first question is, are they Yellow-bellied Sliders, or something else? The second question is, why has Big grown to double the size of Baby? I know eating more can make a turtle grow faster but they're both eating about the same amount. I was told they were about 6 weeks when I got them in April, making them roughly 6 months old now. Baby has grown just over half an inch and Big has grown just over an inch since April. Her are some photo's, they're not great because they wriggle lol.

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no there not YBS they are red bellied cooters

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they are ybs if they were red cooters then they would have a red on there shell .

Thanks to both of you for your answers. I had a look at some pictures of RBC and if it weren't for the lack of red on the carapace I would believe that that was the breed. The only problem is that I have also read that YBS don't have red on their plastron.
I know YBS are a common breed of pet turtle but are Cooters common in the UK? I may just have to go with them being YBS and leave it at that lol.