Animals

725 / 1308

Old Man Slider

An old red-eared slider male that is turning melanistic. His eyes have gone dark and he has lost the red ear. His head and legs are on the way to being black. Females still find them attractive. Experience counts.
Melanistic Male Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Trachemys scripta elegans red eared slider water turtle turtle aquatic turtle white rock lake dallas texas sliders reptile reinhart branch male turtle melanistic turtle close up male red eared slider melanistic red eared slider elderly male turtle dark eyes mud