Southern Painted Turtle vs. Pond Slider

Both bask in crowds on the same logs in the southern tip. The Southern Painted Turtle is small, with a bold red, orange or yellow stripe down the middle of its smooth shell and red marks around the rim; its head has yellow stripes only. The Pond Slider is much bigger, with a red patch behind the eye, yellow bars on each plate of the shell, and no stripe down the middle.

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