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The painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in relatively slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They have been shown to prefer large wetlands with long periods of inundation and emergent vegetation. [7]
In 2004, Illinois held a popular vote to pick the painted turtle, but legislation was still required in 2005 to make the choice official. [20] Schoolchildren often start the campaigns for state reptiles. [59] Three of the four states choosing the painted turtle credit school classes with initiating the process.
The Florida red-bellied cooter is commonly exported for consumption and the pet trade, with about 50% wild caught individuals and 50% captive bred. Most of US export statistics (as collected by the World Chelonian Trust in 2002–2005) simply describe exported turtles by the genus, Pseudemys , without identifying the species.
It looks like the turtle was removed from the water in order to paint its shell before being returned. This yellow-bellied slider turtle was discovered with it shell painted at Cypress Wetlands in ...
Spotted turtle; Painted turtle; Chicken turtle; Coastal plain cooter; Common box turtle; false map turtle; Escambia map turtle; Barbour's map turtle; Florida red-bellied cooter; Peninsula cooter; Suwannee cooter; Red-eared slider; Yellow-bellied slider; Eastern river cooter; Diamondback terrapin
Chrysemys picta - painted turtle eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) Deirochelys Agassiz, 1857: Deirochelys reticularia - chicken turtle Eastern chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia reticularia) Florida chicken turtle (Deirochelys ...
The genus Pseudemys has an extensive, complicated, and at times contentious taxonomic history. Historically the genus has been intertwined with other genera, at times included in other genera or having members of other genera include in it (Chrysemys, Clemmys, Emys, Ptychemys, and Trachemys), as well as the recognition of a number of additional subspecies well into the third quarter of the ...
Be sure to check out an expert-approved pet turtle care guide. 5. African Dwarf frogs ... Just like Painted Turtles, Red-eared Slider Turtles are another type of semi-aquatic reptile that is worth ...