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Can you ID this turtle?

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WC last night at 10:32pm on the road in central Florida. It has no skin markings and is black all over, the shell is half black and a light tan/yellow color. About 13-14", Male. I am guessing it to be a melanistic form of turtle but I can't positively ID it from photos.
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The carapace is oval and flattened with a weak keel. The plastron is yellow with dark markings in the center of each scute. Tr achemys scripta scripta (yellow-bellied slider) has a yellow blotch behind each eye which may join the neck stripe, but is usually only evident in juveniles and females. (Taken form the same web sight as above.) I think this is an old male. Most of the color disappears later in life. You might want to check this sight out as well. www.lakejacksonturtles.org/ It has a decent picture of a darker phase ounder the species saved link.
 
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