Red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider

Red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Trachemys
Species:	T. scripta
Hybrid:	T. s. elegans × T. s. scripta

The red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta elegans × Trachemys scripta scripta)^[1] is an intergradation of a red-eared slider and yellow-bellied slider subspecies.^[2] On the side of its head where a normal yellow-bellied slider would have solid yellow, there will be red interposed. The bottom of the shell is a bright yellow with varying numbers of black dots. In the wild it eats minnows, plants, carrion, snails and insects that fall in the water. The average lifespan is usually over 30 years. The yellow facial markings of the yellowbelly are more distinct in this species but the red ear can still be seen^{[citation needed]}

This species often behaves similarly to the red eared slider^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• Variation and Species Status of Slider Turtles (Emydidae: Trachemys) in the Southwestern United States and Adjacent Mexico
• Hybrid Red Eared Slider X Yellow Belly Slider at YouTube

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