A juvenile Red-eared Slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans) is held in a human hand

A juvenile Red-eared Slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans) is held in a human hand. The turtle exhibits a mottled olive-green and brown carapace, a pale yellow plastron, and striped green and yellow skin with distinct red patches behind its eyes; its head and limbs are partially extended from the shell. The hand, with a light to medium skin tone, cradles the reptile. The background is an out-of-focus outdoor environment featuring dry, light brown, gravelly ground with sparse green vegetation and indistinct distant objects, including a dark rounded form. This scene is situated in Ketowan, Indonesia, under diffuse natural lighting.