Aquatic turtles - female or male ?

GuendoLuft

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Hello everyone

We need your help because we are a little bit lost
4 years ago we adopted 2 turtles, and we had always thought that they were the same species and that they were looking different because they were male and female, but now we think we were wrong Could someone tell us ? And by the way, also let us know if our turtles seem healthy. Here in Belgium it is not easy to find veterinarians specialized in this type of animal. We will be reading the posts to learn more about their care but I think that the house they have now is not bad. We installed it last week. Thanks!!
 

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Markw84

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You have a male Cumberland slider - Trachemys scripta troostii, and a female yellow belly slider - Trachemys scripta scripta. In the picture of them both basking, the Cumberland slider is on top.

They are both of the same species but different sub-species.
 
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