Red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider

Red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Subfamily: Deirochelyinae
Genus: Trachemys
Species: T. scripta
Hybrid: T. s. elegans × T. s. scripta


The red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta elegans × Trachemys scripta scripta)[1] is an intergradation of a red-eared slider and yellow-bellied slider subspecies.[2][3] Intergrade facial markings range from a yellow blotch behind each eye, which may join a yellow neck stripe forming a “C” figure when viewed from the left side to those with an almost indistinguishable amount of red in the eye blotch, to individuals that look similar to red-eared sliders with a red “ear” stripe that doesn’t join with a yellow neck stripe (see attached pictures). In addition, the number of black blotches on the plastron (underside of shell) varies in intergrades from two on the front scutes which is typical of yellow-bellied sliders, to a dark blotch on each scute which is typical of red-eared sliders. Intergrades are presumed to be omnivorous, but hatchlings and juveniles are more carnivorous than adults.[4]

  • Intergrade of red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider
    Intergrade of red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider
  • Intergrade of red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider
    Intergrade of red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider
  • Intergrade of red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider
    Intergrade of red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider

References

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  1. ^ Hybrid Red-eared Slider, YellowBelly Slider Project Noah
  2. ^ Managing non-native wildlife in Florida: State perspective, policy and practice p47
  3. ^ d'Orgeix, C. A., and E. N. Sismour. 2009. Trachemys scripta scripta (Yellow-bellied Slider) x T. S. elegans (Red-eared slider). Herpetological Review. 40: 363
  4. ^ Ernst, C. H., and Lovich, J. E. 2009. Turtles of the United States and Canada. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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