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Red-Eared Slider? (Pleasanton, CA, USA) (1 Viewer)

CalvinFold

CalvinFold

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Just to verify, is this turtle a Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)?

Was very cool to see a turtle in the wild, though knowing it was a pet release and potentially "invasive" (we saw three in a small pond) bothers me. |=(|
 

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