YELLOW BELLIED SLIDER TURTLE

Y.B.T. CHARACTERISTICS

• Females as long as 8 to 13 inches
• Males as long as 5 to 8
• Has a very yellow belly/shell
• Females have longer claws and are larger than males
• Unique yellow print on skin.

MORE FACTS

• Life span: 20-30 years
• They are omnivores
• Some of their diet is aquatic plants, fish, and insects

REPRODUCTION HABITS

• Their mating season is around the fall and spring
• Females lay 6 to 10 eggs in the hold that they have dug up with their back feet. It takes 2 to 3 months for the turtle eggs to hatch.

SOCIAL CONTACT

• Normally social but can still bite if frightened or hungry.
• Sometimes hiss when trying to scare
• They usually don't communicate much with each other but to lead their young or attract mates they use a low pitched noise underwater.

RANGE

• Cover southeastern Virginia through the coastal plains

COOL FACTS

• When basking they lift their legs and head.
• They can live more then a quarter of a century.

SOURCES

• http://olivebranchvet.com/exotic-pet-care-guides/yellow-bellied-slider.html
• http://srel.uga.edu/outreach/factsheet/yellowbellislider.pdf
• http://www.newsweek.com/turtles-talk-each-other-parents-call-out-offspring-...
• http://sliderturtlegreen.weebly.com/fun-facts.html
• Http://allturtles.com/turtlespecies/yellowbelliedturtle-turtle/