Yellow-bellied Slider
Scientific Name: Trachemys scripta
Photo Credits: Matt Moore
This species lives in rivers, ditches, lakes, and ponds of North Carolina. Eastern populations have a yellow spot behind their eye. They are wary baskers and slide into the water whenever disturbed. As yellow-bellied sliders grow into adulthood, they eat aquatic insects, and once fully grown, they are fully herbivorous.
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