Eastern Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta picta
Summary 6
The painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to Louisiana and northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The turtle is the only species of the genus Chrysemys, which is part of the pond turtle family Emydidae. Fossils show that the painted turtle existed 15 million years ago. Four regionally based subspecies (the eastern, midland, southern, and western) evolve
Distribution 7
occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
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- (c) Leo Papandreou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/38449720@N04/3593734671
- (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein
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- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysemys_picta_picta
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