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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 ...
British Columbia road sign. The decline in painted turtle populations is not a simple story of dramatic range reduction, such as the American bison.Instead, the turtle remains numerous and occupies its original range—it is classified as G5 (demonstrably widespread) in its Natural Heritage Global Rank—however, the settlement of North America has undoubtedly reduced its population density.
Western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta belli) archive copy at the Wayback Machine. Wyoming conservation strategy. Wyoming Game and Fish Department. pp. 430-431. Retrieved 2011-02-11. Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta). Idaho's reptiles. U.S. Painted turtle - known distribution archive copy at the Wayback Machine. Washington Department of Natural ...
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]
Field guid to reptiles and amphibians of eastern and central North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harc. pp. 185-186. ISBN 978-0395904527. County occurence maps for turtle, eastern painted archive copy at the Wayback Machine. Eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta). Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. 2004-05-13.
As the name suggests, the Chinese striped-necked turtle, or Maureyms sinensis, is found in China as well as Taiwan, Vietnam, and Laos.It lives in swamps, ponds, freshwater marshes, and soft-bottom ...
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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 ...