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  2. Wikipedia : WikiProject Turtles/Turtles Featured Pictures

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    Native range of the painted turtle (C. picta) Dark grey for national borders White for state and province borders Dark blue for rivers, only showing those in article Eastern ( C. p. picta ) Midland ( C. p. marginata )

  3. Florida softshell turtle - Wikipedia

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    [12] [7] This color pattern is known as countershading and is a form of camouflage to conceal turtles from potential predators. [13] It is the largest species of softshell turtle found in Florida and all of North America, ranging from 15 to 76 cm (5.9 to 29.9 in) in straight-line carapace length. [12]

  4. Painted turtle - Wikipedia

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    The midland and southern painted turtles seek especially quiet waters, usually shores and coves. They favor shallows that contain dense vegetation and have an unusual toleration of pollution. [103] [104] The western painted turtle lives in streams and lakes, similar to the other painted turtles, but also inhabits pasture ponds and roadside ...

  5. Southern painted turtle - Wikipedia

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    The southern painted turtle ranges from extreme southern Illinois and Missouri, roughly along the Mississippi River Valley, to the south. In Arkansas, it branches out to the west towards Texas, where it is found in the far northeast part of that state (Caddo Lake region) [13] as well as extreme southeastern Oklahoma (McCurtain County). [14]

  6. Eastern box turtle - Wikipedia

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    Eastern box turtles have a high, domelike carapace and a hinged plastron that allows total shell closure. Their shell has a middorsal keel that smooths out with age. [5] The carapace can be of variable coloration but is normally brownish or black and accompanied by a yellowish or orangish radiating pattern of lines, spots, or blotches.

  7. Giant tortoise - Wikipedia

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    An Aldabra giant tortoise, an example of a giant tortoise.. Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species, [1] as well as two extant species with multiple subspecies formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands.

  8. Turtle - Wikipedia

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    Turtle skulls vary in shape, from the long and narrow skulls of softshells to the broad and flattened skull of the mata mata. [25] Some turtle species have developed large and thick heads, allowing for greater muscle mass and stronger bites. [26] Turtles that are carnivorous or durophagous (eating hard-shelled animals) have the most powerful bites.

  9. Northern map turtle - Wikipedia

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    Northern map turtle at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois. Map turtles are considered habitat specialists and may be replaced by a more tolerant species when their habitat is altered. [11] The effects of human interference by way boating and recreation on shorelines are likely impeding the map turtle from re-establishing itself in natural ...

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