Ornate Slider Turtle, Trachemys venusta venusta

Ornate Slider Turtle, Trachemys venusta venusta. Photograph taken in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, April 2024. Photograph courtesy of Dr. Tom Bartol, Carlsbad, California. Identification courtesy of Bob Hillis, Ivins, Utah.

Also known as the Mexican Ornate Slider Turtle and the Ornate Slider

Family:  Emydidae Family of Slider Turtles.

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