Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Created: January 31st, 2010 - 08:47 AM
Last Modified: December 5th, 2010 - 12:53 PM Entered by: Chris Harrison
Record 37365

Country: United States		State: Texas	County: Nueces County	Time: 2010-01-30 13:00:00
Qty: 25	Age: Varying	Sex: Both	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: freshwater pond on barrier island
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 52.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: Full Moon	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

I was tempted to put this as 80 separate entries just to pad my numbers, but reason intervened.
And yes, I did count exactly 80 turtles basking, not 79 nor 81. I'm sure I missed another 50 or so that I couldn't see or that dove.
I actually photographed a lot more individuals for my 80 entries, but here's a few to prove I can ID Trachemys. I cut the total number down to 80 since there are stickler's here who say only those individuals vouchered can be counted. ;-)
The last male was a stunner, for a T. scripta.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Brian Hubbs on Dec 01, 2010 at 05:35 PM

Wow, who knew Red-eared Sliders were in Texas...I thought they all lived in golf course ponds in AZ...