Red-Eared Slider

This is a turtle native to the United State's south, but has spread to many parts of the world due the use of these as pets. They're a type of pond turtle and spend a lot of their time in the water and mostly come out to bask in the sun or lay their eggs.
They grow between 8-12 inches, males are smaller, and have the distinctive red patch on the sides of it's head right near the ears. Their shells are flattened, which is one way to tell it apart from a box turtle, and is a dark brown-green with yellow to brown patterns. Their undersides are yellow with brown spots, not that you'd probably ever see it, but just in case. The visible skin - head, tail, and legs - are green with yellow lines that, while irregular, run pretty much head to tail and thigh to toe.


Fun Facts:
Apparently the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are supposedly red-eared sliders.
Turtle shells are primarily made of their ribs.
They do not hibernate, they brumate which is a type of lower activity with occasional waking up to drink water or occasionally surface and eat.