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We just purchased our son a turtle. The pet shop told us it is a slider. But it is not a red-ear slider, there is no red on "Greg" at all. Greg's shell is about 6 inches long, a greenish gray in color. His head has a vertical yellow stripe running from the back of his neck to the beak, and a yellow band that curves to almost a "V" shape that almost meets the vertical stripe. The yellow is outlined in black. He is very docile. He has large webbed feet with very long soft claws. Is there a yellow-eared slider? Any help we can get would be greatly appreciated.

could be a yellow bellied slider, a close relative of the red-eared slider.

the picture below is a yellow bellied slider.

If it's front claws are very much longer than the rear, then it is likely a male and will not get much larger than it is now (maybe an inch or two in many years).

You have a Yellow-Bellied Slider, I have one too it's an adult male. The care for them is basically the same asRed-Eared Sliders.