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Category: Plant / AnimalPhoto Title: BoardwalkCD Name: GOCR none
Scientific Name: Trachemys scripta scriptaOriginal File Size: 4928 x 3264 pixelsCommon Name: Yellow-bellied Slider
Photographer: M. StrnadDate photo taken: 2018-05-09
Yellow-bellied+Slider (<I>Trachemys scripta scripta</I>), Goose Creek State Park, North Carolina, United States
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Photo 1   PETT  
Photo 2   JORI  
Photo 3   HABE  
Photo 4   WIUM  

Photo 5   MOMO  trying to lay eggs on side of lake road near group camp road
Photo 6   GOCR  Female was able to dig through the hardened driveway.
Photo 7   GOCR  Abandoned nesting attempt located near a nearby nesting female. In this picture the female's head would be facing towards the bottom of the picture.
Photo 8   MEMI  

Photo 9   MEMI  
Photo 10   MEMI  
Photo 11   MEMI  
Photo 12   MEMI  Bent shell

Photo 13   MEMI   Trapped in Rocks
Photo 14   MEMI  
Photo 15   MEMI   Trapped in Rocks
Photo 16   MEMI  Male trapped in rocks

Photo 17   MEMI   Two females were trapped in the rocks by Millpond Bridge & released in the Pond.
Photo 18   MEMI   *Note the short front claws of a female pond turtle.
Photo 19   MEMI  
Photo 20   MEMI   plastron

Photo 21   MEMI  
Photo 22   MEMI   Died in back of Millpond
Photo 23   MEMI   put in pond
Photo 24   MEMI  

Photo 25   MEMI   More spots on plastron than usual; shell filled with carrion beetles
Photo 26   MEMI  
Photo 27   MEMI  She just finished laying eggs in the mulch behind the visitor center.
Photo 28   MEMI  leg missing, plastron scraped; found on road - injuries most likely automobile.

Photo 29   MEMI  Plastron with pavement scrapes
Photo 30   MEMI  The vertical yellow blotch behind the eye is very bright in young sliders.
Photo 31   GOCR  flicker field
Photo 32   GOCR  flicker field

Photo 33   MEMI  
Photo 34   MEMI  digging to lay eggs
Photo 35   MEMI  This male was dark, not much color on the head.
Photo 36   MEMI  plastron with more mottling-typical of some of the dark males.

Photo 37   MEMI  long male claws
Photo 38   MEMI  Carapace of #166
Photo 39   MEMI  
Photo 40   CLNE  

Photo 41   MEMI  #169
Photo 42   MEMI  plastron of #169
Photo 43   MEMI  shell of DOR hatchling
Photo 44   WIUM  

Photo 45   MEMI  
Photo 46   MEMI  Turtle #84 plastron
Photo 47   MEMI  Carapace of dead turtle
Photo 48   MEMI  plastron

Photo 49   MEMI  hatchling
Photo 50   MEMI  hatchling
Photo 51   WIUM  
Photo 52   MEMI  juvenile

Photo 53   MEMI  plastron of juvenile
Photo 54   MEMI  on stump on pond
Photo 55   MEMI  laying on visitor center trail near parking lot
Photo 56   MEMI  This turtle had a muddy backside indicating she had already laid eggs.

Photo 57   MEMI  This turtle had a muddy backside indicating she had already laid eggs.
Photo 58   MEMI  juvenile plastron
Photo 59   MEMI  Heading back to pond
Photo 60   MEMI  laying eggs

Photo 61   MEMI  crossing walkway
Photo 62   MEMI  carapace of DOR hatchling
Photo 63   MEMI  under side of DOR carapace
Photo 64   MEMI  showing log tail of male

Photo 65   MEMI  empty carapace
Photo 66   MEMI  empty plastron
Photo 67   MEMI  Close-up Face
Photo 68   MEMI  on log

Photo 69   MEMI  2 - on stump in pond
Photo 70   MEMI  1 male (long tail & front claws) on stump
Photo 71   MEMI  mostly river cooters on the left and yellow belly sliders on the right
Photo 72   MEMI  laying near the visitor center

Photo 73   MEMI  face of #120
Photo 74   MEMI  plastron of #120
Photo 75   MEMI  left side of #120
Photo 76   MEMI  carapace view of #120

Photo 77   MEMI  location
Photo 78   MEMI  left side
Photo 79   MEMI  plastron of #178
Photo 80   MEMI  male long tail

Photo 81   MEMI  We spent lots of time with staff & volunteers & rock donated from DOT to fill in the gaps in the rocks at the dam. Every gap did not get filled. This is what happens in areas like this.
Photo 82   MEMI  laying near the visitor center
Photo 83   MEMI  digging to lay eggs
Photo 84   MEMI  The plastron marking on this turtle are in circles instead of dots like most yellow-bellied sliders.

Photo 85   MEMI  appears to be some dirt at the back edge of the carapace. The turtle may have already laid eggs.
Photo 86   MEMI  on picnic road
Photo 87   MEMI  visitor center side-walk
Photo 88   MEMI  The dirt on the back of the carapace marginals indicates the turtle has either already laid or attempted to lay eggs.

Photo 89   MEMI  Three males, long claws
Photo 90   MEMI  plastron of hatchling 03/14/2016
Photo 91   MEMI  face of hatchling 03/14/2016
Photo 92   MEMI  carapace of hatchling 03/14/2016

Photo 93   MEMI  plastron of hatchling 03/14/2016
Photo 94   DISW  
Photo 95   DISW  
Photo 96   DISW  

Photo 97   DISW  
Photo 98   DISW  
Photo 99   DISW  
Photo 100   DISW  

Photo 101   MEMI  06/29/2017 crossing Millpond Road - Marked #180 after data collection
Photo 102   MEMI  06/29/2017 face of #180
Photo 103   MEMI  06/29/2017 plastron of #180
Photo 104   MEMI  Crossing Millpond Road, took data and marked as #181

Photo 105   MEMI  Plastron of #181
Photo 106   MEMI  male with long front claws on 09/23/2017
Photo 107   MEMI  plastron of hatchling on 12/23/2017
Photo 108   MEMI  carapace of hatchling on 12/23/2017

Photo 109   MEMI  side view of hatchling on 12/23/2017
Photo 110   MEMI  hatchling in hole 12/23/2017
Photo 111   MOMO  2nd place 2018 Superintendents Conference Photography Contest - Wildlife Category
Photo 112   WEWO  

Photo 113   GOCR  
Photo 114   GOCR  
Photo 115   HABE  Bear Island Ferry Waiting Station
Photo 116   HABE  Bear Island Ferry Waiting Station

Photo 117   WEWO  
Photo 118   DISW  
Photo 119   DISW  
Photo 120   DISW  

Photo 121   DISW  
Photo 122   DISW  
Photo 123   MEMI  
Photo 124   GOCR  

Photo 125   GOCR  
Photo 126   GOCR  
Photo 127   GOCR  
Photo 128   GOCR  

Photo 129   JORD