Big Bend Slider vs. Pond Slider

Both are sliders of the Rio Grande; Pond Sliders (Red-eared) are released pets and native farther east (they share the Socorro to Elephant Butte stretch). A: A big orange spot edged black, set apart from the eye in the Big Bend Slider; a red (or yellow) stripe running straight back from the eye in the Pond Slider. B: Dark-edged eye-like rings and net lines on each plate in the Big Bend Slider; yellow bars and stripes on the plates in the Pond Slider. C: The young already show the orange spot behind the eye in the Big Bend Slider; the young show the red stripe from the eye in the Pond Slider. The two hybridise in the Rio Grande, where released Red-eared Sliders are a threat to the Big Bend Slider.

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