New to the North American turtle keeping hobby is the pink-bellied side-necked turtle (Emydura subglobosa). Its shell is beige, chestnut brown, or slate gray. The plastron might be white, pink, or a vibrant red/orange. The skin is usually gray with red patterns. Pink-bellied side-necks' skin acquires random red/orange markings as they mature.
Hatchlings have a lovely white, yellow, or orange ring around their marginal scutes (the outer shell, looking...