Red-eared Slider or Red-eared Terrapin,Trachemys scripta elegans, Emydidae. Tortuguero, Costa Rica, Central America.

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Red-eared Slider or Red-eared Terrapin,Trachemys scripta elegans, Emydidae. Tortuguero, Costa Rica, Central America. The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), also known as the red-eared terrapin, is a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is a subspecies of the pond slider.

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Location: Tortuguero, Costa Rica
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License: Licensed
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