Florida Red-bellied Cooter vs. Southwestern Pond Turtle

Both bask on logs in the same park lakes and ponds; their California records overlap. A: A few broad yellow stripes on black in the Florida Red-bellied Cooter; plain olive or grey, finely flecked, no stripes in the Southwestern Pond Turtle. B: High-domed, black with red bars in the Florida Red-bellied Cooter; low and plain olive-brown, faintly flecked in the Southwestern Pond Turtle. The cooter is a released pet; the pond turtle is California's only native freshwater turtle and is protected.

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