Smooth Softshell vs. Pond Slider

The shell: Smooth Softshell — soft, flat and leathery; Pond Slider — hard, with plates. The head marks: Smooth Softshell — plain or several yellow stripes, no patch; Pond Slider — a red or orange patch behind the eye. The shell pattern: Smooth Softshell — plain, no pattern or dark spots or rings on a leathery shell; Pond Slider — broad yellow bars or stripes on each plate or plain, no pattern (these overlap, so it only helps).

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