Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) large female
Straight
Carapace Length (SCL) = 10 inches (25.4 cm)
Approximate
weight = 5 lbs (2.3 kg)
Gender
= female
Named:
Barbella
(preferred over Bubbella)
Comments:
- big female showed up in a yard after a flooding rain .. checking out
the goldfish pond
- a friend called a friend who called me (thanks to David and Jerre)
- turtle originally named "Bubba"
until gender determined
- note heavy mineral staining on lower shell (plastron) surfaces
- turtle released following day
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