[5] The red-belly inhabits the fresh to brackish waters of the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta in Mobile and Baldwin counties.

[2] It feeds on aquatic vegetation[6] and can be found sunning itself on logs.

[6] As of June 2009 the turtle has been seen in the central part of Alabama, in the Elmore County region.

[citation needed] This turtle has also been found in south-eastern Mississippi,[7] in Harrison and Jackson counties.

[2] In 2007, a 3.4-mile (5.5 km) chain-link fence was constructed along part of the US 98 causeway (Battleship Parkway) that separates the Mobile-Tensaw delta from Mobile Bay.