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 down from above). Gray to olive green heads with two bright yellow bands on either side The turtle's curled lower jaw always smiles.