Red-eared sliders have scaly green skin with irregular yellow lines, which run up to their beaks and down to their strong claws and webbed feet.

Most red-eared sliders grow to around 9 to 12 inches long and can live about 40 years in the wild. They’re not tortoises, but they are terrapins.

For baby red-eared sliders, a 30 to 50-gallon tank is sufficient while the turtle is less than six inches long. However, keep in mind that sliders grow very quickly and reach their adult size ...

"But red-eared sliders were the cheapest turtles you could buy as a baby, about $10. But when they get bigger, people release them into the wild." That's the problem, according to state officials.

But maybe it was not so good for our native yellow-bellied slider, because now the red-eareds and the yellow-bellieds are interbreeding. Eloise Mickiewicz holds a bucket of red-eared sliders.

Red-eared sliders grow to be 12 inches long and have a lifespan of 20-30 years. You'll need to invest in an aquarium full of water with a basking area, plus a UV light to help regulate its body ...

With patches of red behind its eyes, the red-eared slider can make for a cute pet, but it’s considered an invasive species to Presque Isle on Lake Erie. A new project seeks to keep the turtle ...

Red-eared sliders make excellent pets for both beginner and expert reptile enthusiasts alike, but they need quite large enclosures to thrive in captivity. There are a few different options to ...

However, some might have a single red patch atop their head. The shell of a baby red-eared slider is marked with fine patterns of yellow-green to dark green markings upon a greenish base.

Adult red-eared sliders can live about 20 years in the wild, eastern snapping turtles about 30 years. Cars and trucks on roadways crush thousands of red-eared sliders and other turtles yearly.

Tucker is 7 to 8 inches long. As a red-eared slider, a species that is not endemic to New Jersey, Tucker should stand out with its reddish ears and olive shell with thin, pale yellow lines.

John K. Tucker, Nirvana I. Filoramo, Gary L. Paukstis, Fredric J. Janzen, Response of Red-Eared Slider, Trachemys scripta elegans, Eggs to Slightly Differing Water ...