red-eared slider poster - environment · 2016-07-18 · male red-eared slider turtles have long...

Nearly all native turtles in the ACT region are the Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis). The native Murray Short-necked Turtle (Emydura macquarii) is rare in the ACT; a few may be seen toward Burrinjuck Dam. Have You Seen a Red-eared Slider Turtle in the ACT Region? HELP PREVENT A FERAL PEST! Please report any sightings of Red-eared Slider Turtles. You may be helping to save waterways for Australian turtles and fish. If you identify a Red-eared Slider Turtle in the ACT region please telephone Canberra Connect on 13 22 81. Report what time you saw it, and give a good description of its location. Please supply a phone number so you can be contacted. Your report will be passed to a ranger for assessment and possible action. Environment ACT • Arts, Heritage and Environment General Enquiries: Phone Canberra Connect on 13 22 81 Website: www.cmd.act.gov.au Photos supplied by Scott Thompson, Thomas Coy and John Wombey Identification Point 1 Identification Point 2 Identification Point 3 Identification Point 4 Identification Point 5 A slider turtle retracts its head by pulling it straight back into its shell. A native turtle retracts its head by folding it sideways into its shell. ▲ ▲ Native turtles have shorter claws than a Red-eared Slider Turtle. ▲ Most native turtles have no facial stripes (but the rare Murray Short- necked turtle often has one pale stripe on its face). ▲ Native turtles are often covered in plant growth or mud. ▲ The undershell of native turtles has exactly 13 ‘scales’ (plastral scutes) and is often plain, or has the dark lines illustrated. ▲ Male Red-eared Slider Turtles have long claws on their front feet. ▲ Most Red-eared Slider Turtles have pale yellow stripes on their faces and front legs, and often have a red patch behind each eye. The red fades with age. ▲ Many photos of sliders are of pets kept clean by the owners but wild ones may be covered in algae and mud. ▲ The undershell of sliders always has exactly 12 ‘scales’ (plastral scutes) arranged in pairs and usually has the dark patches illustrated. ▲ Characteristics of the Red-eared Slider Turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans) Characteristics of Native Turtles How to Recognise a Red-eared Slider Turtle Prevent pest problems—dispose of aquarium plants, animals and water in a proper way. Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis) Murray Short-necked Turtle (Emydura macquarii)

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Page 1: Red-eared Slider Poster - Environment · 2016-07-18 · Male Red-eared Slider Turtles have long claws on their front feet. Most Red-eared Slider Turtles have pale yellow stripes on

Have You Seen a Red-eared Slider

Turtle in the ACT Region?

HELP PREVENT

A FERAL PEST!

Please report any sightings of Red-eared Slider Turtles. You may be helping to save

waterways for Australian turtles and fish.

If you identify a Red-earedSlider Turtle in the ACT regionplease telephone CanberraConnect on 13 22 81.

Report what time you saw it, and give

a good description of its location.

Please supply a phone number so you

can be contacted. Your report will be

passed to a ranger for assessment and

possible action.

Environment ACT • Arts, Heritage and Environment

General Enquiries: Phone Canberra Connect on 13 22 81Website: www.cmd.act.gov.au

Photos supplied by Scott Thompson, Thomas Coy and John Wombey

Identification Point 1 Identification Point 2 Identification Point 3 Identification Point 4 Identification Point 5

A slider turtle retracts its head bypulling it straight back into its shell.

A native turtle retracts its head byfolding it sideways into its shell.

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�Native turtles have shorter claws thana Red-eared Slider Turtle.

�Most native turtles have no facialstripes (but the rare Murray Short-necked turtle often has one pale stripeon its face).

�Native turtles are often covered inplant growth or mud.

�The undershell of native turtles hasexactly 13 ‘scales’ (plastral scutes)and is often plain, or has the dark lines illustrated.

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Male Red-eared Slider Turtles havelong claws on their front feet.

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Most Red-eared Slider Turtles have paleyellow stripes on their faces and frontlegs, and often have a red patch behindeach eye. The red fades with age.

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Many photos of sliders are of pets keptclean by the owners but wild ones maybe covered in algae and mud.

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The undershell of sliders always hasexactly 12 ‘scales’ (plastral scutes)arranged in pairs and usually has thedark patches illustrated.

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Characteristics of the Red-eared Slider Turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Characteristics of Native Turtles

How to Recognise a Red-eared Slider Turtle

Prevent pest problems—dispose of aquarium plants, animals and water in a proper way.

Eastern Long-necked Turtle(Chelodina longicollis)

Murray Short-necked Turtle(Emydura macquarii)

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