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Nicaraguan Slider (Trachemys grayi emolli)





Description: The Nicaraguan slider has a carapace with many circular markings on it, and in the middle of each marking, there is a dark spot. The main color of the carapace and the turtle's skin is olive green to dark brown. It also has yellow markings on it as well. The supratemporal markings can be orange, pink, or yellow. Males averagely grow to 8–12 inches straight carapace length, and females can averagely grow to 15 inches or larger.


Habitat: Vegetation choked lowland rivers and lakes and is most often seen as it basks, sometimes in great numbers, on mats of submerged vegetation, logs, rocks, and sandbars.


Range: Found in several small areas in southern California.


Found in these States: CA


Diet: In the wild, the juvenile Nicaraguan slider eats the following: tadpoles, crustaceans, fish, insects and insect larvae.


Reproduction: The nesting season ranges from about the month of December to May. Females can lay several clutches per season with up to thirty five eggs per clutch. The hatchlings emerge about 69 to 123 days after the eggs have been deposited.


Status: Unknown


Taxonomy:

»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
   »» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
     »» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
       »» Class: Reptilia - Reptiles
         »» Order: Testudines - Turtles & Tortoises
           »» Family: Emydidae - Pond, Marsh, & Box Turtles
             »» Genus: Trachemys
               »» Species: Trachemys grayi - Nicaraguan Sliders
                 »» Subspecies: Nicaraguan Sliders - (Trachemys grayi emolli)

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