Description & Size

• Somewhat flattened upper shell (carapace)
• Shell length: 8.9-36.8 cm (3.5-14.5 in)
• Carapace color: green to olive, may have yellow bars
• Plastron color: yellow
• Skin color: green to brown with yellow stripes
• May have a red bar directly behind each eye
• Males: very long claws on their forelimbs

Habitat

• Permanent ponds
• Marshes

Diet

• Omnivorous
• Aquatic vegetation and algae
• Arthropods
• Mollusks
• Small vertebrates