Peninsular Cooter vs. Pond Slider

Pond Sliders bask on the same logs everywhere in the south. A: Yellow stripes looping into hairpins; no patch behind the eye in the Peninsular Cooter; a red or yellow patch behind the eye in the Pond Slider. B: Wavy yellow lines and bars in the Peninsular Cooter; a yellow bar on each side plate in the Pond Slider. The Peninsular Cooter's lower shell is plain yellow; the slider's has dark spots or smudges.

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