Can anyone tell me what kind of turtle this is please?

Question

ok these are pictures of my turtle and it is a small turtle. so can any one tell me what kind of turtle this is and how long will it take for it to grow and how big will it grow.

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Answer 1

Its a red ear slider

Common Name: Red-Eared Slider

Latin name: Trachemyss scripta elegans

HOUSING
Set them on a 20 gallon tank per dozen turtles . Provide them with a dry land area and a shallow water area. Newborns need to master the art of floating and staying underwater for long periods of time. Don't assume that they will survive only with water. Newborn Red-Ear sliders can actually drown if you neglect them a dry land area. The water should be not too deep. As with adult sliders, newborns need to have their full spectrum light. So don't forget to include that in the tank. The full spectrum light will help the newborn shells to harden. Keep the water neatly clean. If you don't have a filter change the water every two days. This is very important since baby sliders are more prone to getting eye infections (that can leave them blind for life or even kill them) than adult sliders.

Feeding:
Once they are set up in their tank start feeding them. It is important to get them to eat. Start by offering them one by one all items on the proper slider diet (earthworms, crickets, sweet water shrimp, aquatic snails, water hyacinths, fruits, one commercial food). Note: You might have to 'chop' all of the food you offer since they are small babies. This includes chopping earthworms, meal worms, crickets. I know, this sounds disgusting but believe me, you will get used to after a while and it won't bother you anymore.

How to Prevent Most Common Diseases in Slider Hatchlings:

Keep the water neatly clean, provide him with a full spectrum light, keep him warm (about 80 degrees), and add vitamin supplements to his diet. Make sure the supplements are high in vitamin A and calcium.

Native to: Mississippi River valley and tributaries from Indiana to the Gulf of Mexico

Size: Average adult is 5 - 8 inches; females are larger than males of same age.

Life span: 15 - 25 Years

General appearance: Young red-eared sliders are bright green with yellow markings and a red stripe just behind the eyes. Colors dull with age.

Housing requirements:

Enclosure: Should be mostly aquatic. Minimum dimensions for tank are: width - 3 times the shell length and length - 6 times the shell length. Minimum depth of the water should be as deep as the shell is wide. A basking area is needed to allow the red-ear slider to get out of the water to dry completely. UV lighting can be beneficial.

Temperature: The water should be 70° - 75° F and can be maintained with a submersible aquarium heater. The basking area should be 84° - 88°F during the daylight period. This can be maintained with an incandescent light.

Substrate: Substrate is not recommended, as frequent water changes make it difficult to clean.

Diet: Feeding should be daily with all they can eat in 45 minutes. Remove all food remaining after that time, except for greens. Just because they beg for food does not necessarily mean they're hungry, this is a trained condition. Diet should be at least 65% - 85% meat consisting of commercial turtle food, trout chow, beef heart, cooked chicken, fish live or fresh caught (not frozen). Meat should be dusted once a week with a good herp vitamin containing D3. Dark green leafy vegetables can be used to fill the rest of the diet.

Maintenance: Water should be clean and clear. Waste should be removed whenever it is found. Filtration prolongs the time between water changes, but should not be used as a substitute for water changes. Wastewater should not be emptied into a sink that is used for food preparation or personal hygiene. Hands and any other part of your body that comes in contact with the water should be washed thoroughly with anti-bacterial soap.

Red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) are probably the most commonly kept reptile in the world. Their home range lies in the Mississippi Valley drainage, with most of the population occurring in the US from eastern New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, eastern Kansas, and Missouri north to Indiana and Illinois. They also occur naturally in isolated pockets in other states such as Ohio, and are common in regions of northeast Mexico adjacent to Texas. However, "feral" populations, derived by deliberate introduction or from dumped or escaped pets, have become established in suitable habitat all over the world including other parts of the US.

Introduced red-eared sliders can be seen in ponds in several urban Los Angeles parks, and some of these populations breed. In November 1991, I was given a recently hatched red-ear (it still had its egg tooth and an incompletely absorbed yolk sac) that had been found by Lake Hollywood. Hatchlings are often spotted at the Los Angeles Arboretum, where a large concentration of sliders exists. While this evidence indicates that red-eared sliders can survive and breed in urban Los Angeles it is not clear if enough of the hatchlings survive to make these populations self-sustaining. Fresh water ponds are rare in southern California, and act as magnets for predators such as raccoons that, if given the chance, will happily dine on turtles or their eggs. However, even if hatchling survival is poor, the population is continually being topped up with newly abandoned pets that have outgrown either their tanks or the interest of their owners. Survival for dumped pets is marginal at best and their presence will impact on native flora and fauna. I urge all readers to do what they can to discourage this disgusting habit. Turtles (even red-eared sliders) are not trash! Given the correct housing conditions and a little foresight, red-ears thrive in captivity and can make amusing, simple to keep, and rewarding pets.

Red-eared sliders are webbed-footed water turtles that typically have a red streak on each side of the head, and sometimes a red spot on top of the head. The red streak is sometimes broken up into two or three spots, and varies in shade from orange to deep red. Some red-eared sliders don't have the red streak! The typical hatchling red-ear has an attractive green carapace and skin. The carapace is finely patterned with yellow-green to dark green markings. As the turtles age, the general shell color changes. In young adults the basic green may be replaced by yellow, giving way eventually to a more somber drab olive. The shell is patterned with dark lines, streaks or smudges, sometimes with patches of white, yellow or even red. Identification problems can arise because the red-ear intergrades with turtles such as the yellow-bellied slider in the wild, and they often interbreed with other sliders in captivity. Red-eared sliders have the distinction of probably being the first turtle species to have color variants (such as albino and the pretty pastel phase) developed by breeders.

Answer 2

Your turtle looks like a Slider turtle to me.

Trachemys~ The Red Eared Slider belongs to the family Emydidae of turtles. It is commonly found in the southern United States. The Red Eared Slider is a terrapin, meaning it is a semi-aquatic turtle. These turtles are commonly kept as pets. They are omnivores. Young Red
Eared Sliders do not eat when the temperature is below fifty degrees Fahrenheit. They can be fed once a day when the temperature is between fifty and sixty eight degrees Fahrenheit. They can be fed almost three times a day when the temperature is between sixty eight to eighty six degrees Fahrenheit.

Trachemys gaigeae~ The Big Bend Slider, scientific name Trachemys gaigeae, is a native of the states of Texas and New Mexico in the United States. It is a aquatic turtle. It is found mainly in the Rio Conchos and the Rio Grandes river systems. They often bask under rocks and logs in the water. They are omnivorous.

Answer 3

I've got two of those turtles, bought them on vacation three years ago. They have grown to about the size of my palm. The guy at the pet shop says this particular kind of turtle lives for around 20 years! For reference, they're called "Red Eared Sliders." I'm not exactly a turtle expert, though.

Answer 4

you have a red eared slider turtle. they will grow to be about a foot long. watch out they carry saminilla when they are less than four inches(acually they will always carry it but it will be stronger when less than 4 inches) just watch your hands when you are done playing with them and you will be fine.i give mine pellets and ocasionally a leaf of lettuce in their tank. They usually will not eat the lettuce for a while, usually until they know what it is. what also helps is you can buy them turle treats(dried shrimp works best) and train them to hand feed. eventually they will get so used to it that they might eat lettuce from your hand the first time. that is what mine did. They can live up to about 20 years.
Hope this helps!

Answer 5

Red eared slider

Answer 6

That one is easy..
Red Eared Slider
http://www.gotpetsonline.com/pictures-gallery/reptile-pictures-breeders-babies/red-eared-slider-turtle-pictures-breeders-babies/pictures/red-eared-slider-turtle-0019.jpg
http://animal.discovery.com/guides/reptiles/turtles/slider.html and there is a page that will give you the rest of the info..

Answer 7

Looks like a red ear slider.
General Description: The Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) is a medium-to-large sized turtle capable of reaching straight carapace lengths of 7 to 9" in males & 10 to 12" in females (note: in rare cases larger red-ears have been found). The RES is only one of the 4 subspecies (the others are the Yellow-bellied, Cumberland & Big Bend sliders) making up the single species we call the Slider. The body form is ‘classic basking turtle’ style, with an oval body form (circular in hatchlings), mildly domed on top & flat-bottomed, blunt head with peripherally-placed eyes & a blunt snout, feet with webbed (& clawed) toes & a small tail. The shell has an internal bony foundation on which are overlaid keratin (like your fingernails are made of) plates called scutes. The shell includes a mildly to moderately domed carapace (upper shell) & a hingeless plastron (lower shell); the turtle can withdraw into the shell but the shell cannot close at all (RES rely on deep water for protection; on land they're vulnerable to predators like raccoons). The carapace is smooth (note: captives reared too fast with excess dietary protein may have raised scutes (a 'bumpy' carapace) with concentric rings. This is termed pyramiding). In hatchlings the carapace & skin start out a bright green; the lateral carapace scute pattern is similar to a green fingerprint with lined whorls, & the skin is striped. Behind the eyes are the classic jelly bean-shaped patches from which this subspecies takes its name (but they aren't the ears). The plastron is a bland yellow with black spots or smudges. As RES mature & age they typically develop darker, duller carapace & skin coloration with more subdued/obscured patterns. A minority progress to a condition called melanism where excess dark pigment turns the turtle abnormally dark (some are solid black!). Some adults retain juvenile coloration but most are duller colored.

Carapace: smooth, mildly domed, hard (as opposed to softshell turtles), green in hatchlings but variably darkened into adulthood (sometimes black), with a finger print-like 'whorled' pattern on the lateral scutes with a central streak (pattern often obliterated in adults). Lack the dorsal keeling/knobs of map turtles. Carapace rear mildly serrated.

Plastron: Moderately sized (more developed than in snappers & musk turtles, less so than box turtles), hingeless (can't close like a box turtle's), yellow base color with variable dark spots or smudges (roughly one per plastral scute). Note: The plastron in some may be a darker color due to staining from substances in the environment (iron is suspected).

Head: Blunt face, peripherally placed light green eyes with a horizontal or diagonal bar through the pupil & a short snout (vaguely 'frog-faced'). They typically have a jelly bean-like long, horizontally-placed red patch directly behind the eye (hence the name). The head & neck have plenty of variably green & yellowish striping. Often a horizontal stripe runs up the lower part of the head & forks into a 'Y,' with the lower branch going to the lower jaw & the upper branch to the rear of the eye (this isn't unique to RES; Western painted turtles often have it, too). The lower jaw is rounded moreso than in cooters, painteds & maps3 (Peterson's pages 174-175).

Size & Distinguishing Sex Characteristics: Male RES are smaller (and sometimes less domed) than their female counterparts, reaching ~ 7 - 9" adult SCL. Males have elongated front claws to aid in courtship and mating rituals (moreso than map turtles, less so than cooters) & their tails are much longer than females (but less so than in map turtles); with the tail fully extended the cloaca will be well-past the edge of the carapace. Large females often develop bulky, muscular-looking heads.

Answer 8

its a red eared slider here is a good, informative site or them

http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/reptilesturtles/a/reslidercare.htm