Photos / Sounds

What

Harvestmen (Order Opiliones)

Observer

ellabuckwalter

Date

March 22, 2022 12:09 PM EDT

Photos / Sounds

Observer

catherinebarbara

Date

March 26, 2022 08:52 AM UTC

Photos / Sounds

What

Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)

Observer

kalamurphyking

Date

March 19, 2019 10:24 AM CDT

Description

White Rock lake, Reinhart branch
This one is for the intergrade. This is a Female Yellow-bellied Slider x Red-eared Slider intergrade (Trachemys scripta scripta x Trachemys scripta elegans)
ID was confirmed by Texas turtle expert Viviana Ricardez
@sambiology is there a taxon in iNat for this intergrade?
One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others
Red-eared sliders are native in Texas. Yellow-bellied sliders are not native but some folks release their pets into the wild. The introduced yellow-bellies have been breeding with the native red-ears. And this is what you get. Turtle on the right is an intergrade, coming from the mating of 2 subspecies. White Rock lake has a lot of odd looking turtles.

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