Red-Eared Slider Turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans) on Jul 3, 2021
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Description of specimen
One turtle, fully grown, usually hanging in the creek or sunning on a log. Clear red markings on either side of it's head.
Commentary
Thank you for your report! This helps us understand their distribution. There is a working group looking at turtles in the Willamette Valley and this will inform their work.
Lindsey Wise
May 23, 2022, 5:31 a.m.
Location
I've seen this red-eared slider one three separate days in the creek by the overpass on Barnes Rd.
Expert Reviewer
Mrs. Lindsey Wise Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, inr.oregonstate.edu/orbic Oregon iMapInvasives Institute for Natural Resources Portland State University
Lindsey Wise
May 23, 2022, 5:31 a.m.