Captive yellow-bellied sliders also are most active during the day. Like most turtles, yellow-bellied sliders do not like handling; this can cause undue stress for them.

A small tank (20 to 40 gallons) will get you started, but remember, as the turtle grows, so must your tank. Make sure you have enough water for your turtle to turn around easily. Water temperature ...

Female yellow-bellied sliders lay anywhere from two to 20 eggs. They bury the eggs in sandy soil, which is where their parental duties end. For the next three months, the eggs incubate in the ...

The yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) ranges from southeast Virginia to northern Florida. It is farmed there in large quantities and sold in pet shops all over the world.

A photograph of the 'turtle' was quickly emailed to him and he believes it to be a Terrapin called 'Yellow-Bellied Slider' which is native to Florida and presumably came over on the Gulf Stream.

A Yellow-bellied slider isn’t a cowardly person on ice. It’s a turtle. The kind of turtle South Carolinians see all the time near ponds or, if you’re in Columbia, hanging out on the rocks in ...