Named for the bands of yellow streaking the shell, yellowbellied sliders occur in north america from southeast virginia through north florida and alabama. The majority of our rescues are yellowbellied sliders from previous pet owners. Try browsing the turtles index if youre looking for something specific. Posted on august 18, 2015 august 22, 2015 by zuhlke. The yellow bellied slider turtle was formerly the most commonly sold turtle in the pet trade, but its sale has dropped since it is a known carrier of salmonella bacteria which causes intestinal disorder. Yellowbellied slider trachemys scripta scripta species profile. How to know when yellowbellied slider turtles mate. As with most water turtles the male yellow belly slider is smaller than the female. Is it okay to set a two yellow belly sliderturtles free in. This suggests they spend the majority of their time in the water however unlike amphibians, they need to be able to get out of the water to dry off and breathe. Trachemys scripta scripta we have thousands of exotic reptiles for sale from top breeders from around the world. Although mostly found in the wild, in a variety of habitats, they are now also being welcomed into peoples homes as house pets.
The yellowbellied sliders indigenous range covers southeastern. Yellow bellied sliders are mostly aquatic and love to bask. What is the average weight of a fully grown yellow belly. Yellowbellied sapsucker identification, all about birds. He enjoys his pellet food as well as a plant called anacharis. Each book features newly written text from animal experts on a variety of topics. Yellow bellied sapsucker identification, all about birds. They require basking sites that allow full emergence from the water. In the case of a yellow bellied turtle such as a slider or cooter as a hobbyist, ive had 2 ms yellow bellied cooters in my life and i think theyre great turtles, the plastron is in fact its. Nov 06, 2018 yellow bellied sliders are cousins to the redeared slider and have practically similar care requirements. Whether you already have, or are looking to buy a red eared slider, yellow belly slider, box turtle, loggerhead turtle, or a long neck turtle this guide will help you.
Baby yellow belly slider turtle for sale shop here. This subspecies of pond slider is native to the southeastern united states, specifically from florida to southeastern virginia, and is the most common turtle species in its range. This video shows various interesting details as well as adaptations of this slider. Oct 14, 2011 hi i have had a yellow bellied slider for years as i have recently decided to get a baby she is perfect with i decided to buy another tank which came with 4 roughly 4 years old sliders 3 female and 1 male as my slider is small although these are all bigger then her anyway i think one is pregnant as she is scratching on the baskin and. We feel like these yellow bellied slider turtles at the north alabama agriplex would dig all this rain. Yellow bellied sliders trachemys scripta scripta are freshwater turtles that come from the united states, specifically the nations southeastern region. Yellowbellied slider virginia herpetological society. Yellow bellied turtle yellow bellied terrapin all turtles. Health wise, the turtle eats great and likes to bask under his uv light. Unfortunately, if you have had your heart set on owning a redeared slider, yellow bellied slider or cumberland slider in the past, this is no longer an option for you. Yellow bellied sliders are cousins to the redeared slider and have practically similar care requirements.
Captive bred yellow bellied slider turtles for sale are some of the most common aquatic turtle pet and can live for up to 50 years in captivity. Our baby yellow belly slider turtles are about one inch in size and will grow at about a rate of 1 to 2 inches per year. You can house one, two, or even four baby yellow bellied sliders in a properly appointed 10 or 15gallon. The purpose of the club is to encourage high sprin. Named for the bands of yellow streaking the shell, yellow bellied sliders occur in north america from southeast virginia through north florida and alabama. The yellow bellied slider trachemys scripta scripta is a land and water turtle belonging to the family emydidae. Whit gibbons has spent more than 35 years studying turtles, especially pond turtles like the yellowbellied slider. This yellow belly was that one in a million born with two heads. Its also a gentle turtle thats easy to care for, so its not surprising that you would want to produce baby yellow bellied sliders. Redeared sliders, yellow bellied sliders, red bellied. Aug 27, 2008 so yeah, theres no difference between a cooter and a slider other than preference of common name. Most virginia populations may eventually be comprised of intergrades. The yellow bellied slider can grow to 300mm 12 long and needs a proportional amount of space to live happily.
Yellowbellied slider turtles for sale morphmarket usa. Known for their contrasting body coloration in black and yellow, they are also popular as pets. The cullman tribune yellowbellied sliders at the north. Trachemys scripta thunberg in schoepff, 1792 slider, tortue a oreilles rouges, tortuga gravada, pond slider, common slider subspecies trachemys scripta scripta thunberg in schoepff, 1792 yellowbellied slider. Yellow bellied sliders for sale from the turtle source. They bask frequently, and often pile on top of each other for the highest possible sunning position. Broad vertical bands when viewed from the side are often present on the carapace, the yellow plastron lower shell typically has round dusky smudges or none at all, and.
This means they spend most of their time in the water but unlike amphibians, they need to be able to get out of the water to dry off and breathe. Vertical yellow bands streak the carapace top of shell, while the plastron bottom of. I have a yellow bellied slider turtle, and on the top of her shell she has a few green algae looking spots. Apr 02, 2020 this is a very quick and fun coloring book science project explaining the yellow bellied slider. This tank was a beautiful little habitat for what looked like hundreds of little turtle hatchlings. How to care for a yellowbellied slider turtle complete.
This is a large freshwater turtle reaching a maximum carapace length of 11. Well make sure you get all the right knowledge to care for your turtle. The yellow bellied slider turtle is found in a wide variety of habitats, including carolina bays, sloughs, sinkholes, oxbow lakes, swamps, rivers, lakes and ponds. I just moved from washington state to florida my sister purchased a yellow belly slider from panama florida an was. Aug 18, 2015 the illegal sale of yellow bellied sliders. We have just a few female heterozygous albino yellow bellied sliders incubated at 8586 degrees one parent is a pure albino yellow bellied slider the other is a normal colored yellow bellied slide hets carry the albino gene 100% and will produce albinos when bred together 25% and when bred with albinos 50%.
Yellow bellied sliders are omnivorous, however, juveniles tend to be more carnivorous than adults. Yellowbellied slider facts and pictures reptile fact. These active reptiles make excellent pets and enjoy basking and swimming. They do well in community tanks, as long as theyre housed with similar turtles. The illegal sale of yellow bellied sliders all things animal. With that wide yellow stripe behind her eye i knew she was something unique. Ralph curtis books publishing, sanibel island, florida. If the turtles are shy, they lose their shyness quickly. The yellow bellied slider turtles are native to the southeastern united states from alabama to virginia. We suggest setting up a stock tank in a garage or utility room or sun porch so they can live well until the spring warmth.
Anyway, when your slider gets mature, if it is male, the tail will be as nearly as long as the hind legs and thick. They do well in tanks, with primarily water setups, and get along very well when kept with most other species. Yellow bellied sliders inhabit all manner of freshwater habitats in southeastern virginia, from lakes and ponds to rivers, ditches, marshes, bays, and swamps. Yellow bellied slider turtle for sale reptiles for sale. Yellow bellied sliders do well in shallow water aquaria. They are known to feed from your hand with very little practice. My son got a yellow bellied slider same family as red eared slider for his. Two headed yellow bellied slider for sale from the turtle source. Yellow bellied sliders trachemys scripta scripta are aquatic turtles. Albino yellow bellied sliders for sale from the turtle source. The yellow bellied slider turtle trachemys scripta scripta, also called yellow belly slider, is a land and water turtle from the emydidae family. The lower jaw of a slider is rounded, whereas it is flat for members of other genera. Trachemys scripta scripta is an intergradation of a redeared slider and yellowbellied slider subspecies. Yellow bellied sliders for sale are very active and love to swim.
Yellow belly slider turtle for sale yellow bellied sliders. Attired sharply in barred blackandwhite, with a red cap and in males throat, they sit still on tree trunks for long intervals. Yellowbellied slider turtle fact sheet archive pages. We have several captivebred yellowbellied slider turtles for sale at the internets lowest prices. The young turtles can be easily consumed by herons, big fish and large turtles. A street bike ride, we will launch from larrys parking lot at 3. While they are mostly aquatic, these diurnal turtles also enjoy a dry, warm place where they can climb out and bask under a heat light. Yellow bellied slider turtles for sale are some of the most common aquatic turtle pet and can live for up to 50 years in captivity. Sometimes they travel over land between bodies of water. Trachemys scripta scripta schoepff, 1792, the yellow bellied slider, has a large yellow blotch behind the eye that is most evident in juveniles and females ernst et al. Even though they are not as well known or as popular as the similar redeared slider, these animals are a good choice for those who wish to add a turtle to their family. In order to make sure that you get the gender of your yellow bellied slider right i decided to write short but very detailed guide with pictures. Yellow bellied slider turtle fact sheet factsheet produced by the outreach program of the savannah river ecology laboratory, the university of georgia.
Is it okay to set a two yellow belly slider turtles free in the wild pond after being in a aquarium for 3 months. Yellow bellied pet turtle pet animal slider lookanimals. On the side of its head where a normal yellowbellied slider would have solid yellow, there will be red interposed. The yellowbellied slider is a land and water turtle belonging to the family emydidae. I have a yellow bellied slider turtle named tengu, anyway, i feel really bad because i bought tengu from my classmate and he just caught tengu from their local pond, and now im having problems in taking care of tengu and that im not giving it enough care so i was wondering if i should release him.
Gibbons and other researchers published a 368page book in 1990 that was solely on the yellow bellied slider. Is it okay to set a two yellow belly sliderturtles free. It is less wellknown in captivity than its cousin, the redeared slider. The yellowbellied slider can grow to 300mm 12 long and needs a proportional amount of space to live happily. May 20, 2004 i know that tail size is important, but what are the distinctions between male and female.
Yellow bellied slider turtle yellow bellied slider turtles are fresh water and land turtles commonly found in the south eastern united states. Yellow bellied sliders are omnivorous, eating aquatic plants, fish, insects and carrion, although adult females are largely herbivorous and young and adult males are more carnivorous. They all seemed so happy, swimming about or bathing. Almost two years ago, at a souvenir shop on the eastern coast of florida, i saw a huge tank. They make excellent starter turtles, and adults will add color to outdoor ponds in all but the coldest temperature zones.
Distinguishing this turtle from the closely related florida cooter pseudemys floridana and redbelly turtle pseudemys rubiventris and from the yellowbelly slider trachemys scripta can be difficult. This is due to the imbalanced shell, which doesnt close all the way. Dec 01, 20 is it okay to set a two yellow belly slider turtles free in the wild pond after being in a aquarium for 3 months. There is a vertical yellow line behind the eye and stripes. On a walk through the forest you might spot rows of shallow holes in tree bark. The yellowbellied slider turtle is an attractive turtle with its distinctive yellow lines and plastron lower part of shell decorated with dark splotches. Yellow bellied sliders are cousins to the redeared slider and have almost identical care requirements. Yellowbellied slider trachemys scripta scripta species. The cumberland slider has been found only in the holston river. Such species cannot be given away or sold, and so if you spot any adverts for these species on pets4homes, please report them so that we can remove them and advise the seller.
Im not really sure if i could return it to the pond. Yellow bellied sliders require a turtle tank as their enclosure. Yellow bellied slider turtle the yellow bellied slider is a very attractive turtle that was originally native to north florida, but is now often found in the southern part of the peninsula, where its numbers seem to be increasing. When you buy a turtle from us, you automatically receive our 100% live arrival guarantee. But, in the case of adults it provides little protection from the mammalian predators including domestic dogs, raccoons and foxes.
Yellowbellied slider information and pictures petguide. Buy redeared sliders animal planet pet care library on. To help them thrive in this new environment, we must know how to care for yellow bellied slider turtles and how to set. These turtles can often be seen basking on logs or, in the western part of their range, hauling out onto the banks of rivers, ditches, sloughs, lakes and ponds. The high springs yellow bellied slider bicycling society is a newly formed bicycle club in the tricity area. Yellow bellied slider turtles are social animals and can be kept together as long as you provide enough space in their habitat. Yellow bellied sliders are cousins to the redeared slider and. They have yellow lower shells with black spots thus the name. It was born in june, and has been doing very well ever since. The yellowbellied slider is an attractive species, especially as a juvenile, and is easily maintained in captivity. The original virginia yellow bellied slider with its color and pattern characteristics may not exist in virginia after a few more decades, except in some isolated populations.
The yellow bellied slider is an attractive turtle that make great pets. In the wild yellow bellied slider turtles are found in ponds, lakes, slower moving rivers and streams. These turtles are not native to texas so she must be an escaped or released pet now thriving in the wild at white rock lake. The pond slider trachemys scripta is a species of common, mediumsized, semiaquatic turtle. Yellow bellied slider turtles are a perfect beginner turtle and an excellent community tank turtle. The yellow bellied slider is an attractive species, especially as a juvenile, and is easily maintained in captivity. The yellow bellied slider is a land and water turtle belonging to the family emydidae. These favorite pets are distinguished by their shells, brown or black with yellow stripes. The high springs yellow bellied sliders will be on the search for zebras and camels on the larrys lake ann ride, on sunday, june 23rd. Caring for yellowbellied sliders as pet turtles the spruce pets.
The yellowbellied slider trachemys scripta scripta is a land and water turtle belonging to the family emydidae. Yellow bellied slider turtle care sheet reptiles by mack. Eastern populations have a yellow spot behind their eye which is the most recognizable characteristic for identification in the field. This is a yellow bellied slider, a common florida turtle that thrives in a number of environments as well as in captivity. As an example of just how complicated and fascinating ecology can be, dr. The yellow bellied slider spends most of its time in the water but needs to occasionally get out of water to breathe and dry off. Yellow bellies and redbellies are from warmer areas of the country and they will need to be brought indoors during the winter. We ll make sure you get all the right knowledge to care for your turtle. In the east, this is the work of the yellow bellied sapsucker, an enterprising woodpecker that laps up the leaking sap and any trapped insects with its specialized, brushtipped tongue. Ybs have a crescent behind each eye and their carapace is keeled a bit and serrated along back ridge. Hello everyone, i am worried for my little turtle, ive had himher for almost 3 months now and everything was normal until today when i notice that he has a hard time trying to open his left. The yellowbellied slider trachemys scripta scripta is a land and water turtle belonging to the. Hatchling and juvenile pond sliders have a greenish upper shell, yellow bottom.
Yellowbellied sliders do well in shallow water aquaria. Yellow bellied slider turtles for sale in the united states. We have several captivebred yellow bellied slider turtles for sale at the internets lowest prices. Slider turtles are abundant in the ponds and streams of the southeast. Yellow bellied slider care guide the aquarium guide. Commonly found at pet stores, they tend to live longer than many owners are willing to invest. There are three subspecies, the most recognizable of which is the redeared slider t. Gibbons and other researchers published a 368page book in 1990 that was solely on the yellowbellied slider. Out in nature, they are prevalent in states such as virginia, georgia, florida, north carolina, south carolina and alabama. The yellow bellied slider is a subspecies of the pond slider turtle and is native to parts of the us. This is because they will need fully submerged sections without risk of warping or leaking. Yellow bellied slider turtle for sale online baby yellow. Find out everything you need to know to keep yellowbellied sliders at home.
The yellowbellied slider is an attractive turtle that makes a great pet. Follow along as we watch the ramshorns grow, and as i. To find out if your yellow bellied slider is male or female you have to look at the following things. Yellowbellied sliders are cousins to the redeared slider and have almost identical care requirements. Apr 14, 2015 keeping a yellow bellied slider healthy and happy is relatively easy. Males getting to be about 6 inches and females up to 12 inches or more. The carapace upper shell is oval, weakly keeled, and olive to brown with yellow markings. Jun, 2017 the yellow bellied slider turtles are native to the southeastern united states from alabama to virginia.
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