I just caught a very old ybs over 13" long in carapace length. I am bringing it to the fwc tomorrow
A turtle!
A slider turtle is basically like a category of turtles including the Yellow Belly Slider Turtle and the Red Eared Slider turtle.
Why is my yellow belly turtle gasping and squeaking
That can describe a number of turtles, but most likely it is a variety of slider turtle. The yellow belly slider is common variety. See the related link for a picture.
probably because it is
12 inches
this type of turtle is called a soft back turtle. it is about 3 to 5 inches long including tale and is usually kept as a pet. O.k that other person up there is wrong..This is a red bellied turtle.Or a mix of a red bellied turtle and a red eared slider..So there is the correct answer :D
A baby turtle with yellow and black stripes is usually a yellow-bellied slider. Their skin is striped yellow and black, and their shells have yellow and black swirls.
I got my yellow bellied slider turtle at a flee market for $10. it was at Rodger's flee market in Ohio. now the red eared sliders r almost anywhere u look.
The red eared slider have yellow stripes - see related link to Wikipedia for more info Also, yellow bellied sliders, chicken turtle, map turtle, some musk and mud turtles, painted turtles all have some degree of yellow stripes on shell or head and neck area. Also, the box turtle species, mainly terrestrial, have yellow markings as well.
by the way you have described it it sounds as if it is a yellow bellied slider, if it has to red marks on the sides of its cheeks/head it will be a red eared slider.
I know Red Eared Slider Turtles do that before mating. Males do it to females.