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While sea turtle microbiomes have received growing attention, the microbial communities associated with freshwater turtles, particularly the widely distributed and invasive red-eared slider (\n                    <jats:italic>Trachemys scripta elegans<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), remain understudied. Here, we used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to characterize the microbiomes of 42 red-eared sliders across four urban aquatic habitats in Austin, Texas, USA, sampling five body locations: carapace, plastron, skin, oral cavity, and cloaca. A total of 142 samples yielded 20,160 Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs), with community composition most strongly structured by body location, but also by geographic habitat. External surfaces (carapace, plastron, skin) were dominated by Cyanobacteria, Proteobacteria, and Deinococcota, while oral and cloacal samples exhibited higher proportions of Bacteroidota and site-specific variation. 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