Red-Eared Slider
Trachemys scripta elegans
Insects and their larvae, spiders, crawfish, freshwater clams and sponges, eggs, snails, fish, slugs, small amphibians and reptiles
none
The red stripe behind its ear
none
In forests or savannas near freshwater bodies. The water needs to be shallow, sluggish and full of plant and animal life and places for the turtle to bask.
Red-eared slider
30 years
5 to 8 inches but can grow to 12 inches. Females are larger.
Snakes, alligators, waterbirds, crows, opossums, large fish, skunks, raccoons, minks, otters, foxes, armadillos, coyotes and humans. White tailed deer and foxes eat their eggs.