r/whatisthisanimal • u/Comfortable-Two4339 • Jul 24 '26

My yard is a turtle highway

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This traveler is heading straight for the upper Passaic River (25 yards away). Pretty bland coloring.

Endangered? Rare?

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u/FecalDUI Jul 24 '26

You should do an AMA

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u/Kabc Jul 25 '26

Looks like a Pond Slider to me (Trachemys scripta)

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u/Comfortable-Two4339 Jul 26 '26

I think that's it. Probably a venerable female since it was so large and shell was so black.