Yellowbelly Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta)

Found in the piedmont and coastal plain in NC, this turtle is very common and often seen basking on logs and rocks.
Yellow-bellied Slider (Chrysemys scripta) Merchants Millpond State Park, Gates Co., NC
12 Apr 2007
Yellow-bellied Slider (Chrysemys scripta) Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, Dare Co., NC
21 May 2004
Yellow-bellied Slider (Chrysemys scripta) New Hanover Co., NC
13 Oct 2007

Youngsters catching some sun on a fallen cattail.

Yellow-bellied Slider (Chrysemys scripta) Dare Co, NC
1 June 2007
Yellow-bellied Slider (Chrysemys scripta) Dare Co, NC
1 June 2007

Old individuals, like this female, can be nearly black.

Yellow-bellied Slider (Chrysemys scripta) Yellow-bellied Slider (Chrysemys scripta)
Richmond Co., NC
14 June 2008

Yellow-bellied Slider (Chrysemys scripta) Yellow-bellied Slider (Chrysemys scripta)
Wake Co., NC
23 May 2009

This large female is building a nest in the mud pretty several hundred meters from water.

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Created on ... June 2, 2004 | Updated ... May 24, 2009 | jspippen@duke.edu