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The western painted turtle lives in streams and lakes, similar to the other painted turtles, but also inhabits pasture ponds and roadside pools. It is found as high as 1,800 m (5,900 ft). It is found as high as 1,800 m (5,900 ft).
The western pond turtle is omnivorous and most of its animal diet includes insects, crayfish, and other aquatic invertebrates. Fish, tadpoles, and frogs are eaten occasionally, and carrion is eaten when available. Plant foods include filamentous algae, lily pads, tule and cattail roots. Juveniles are primarily carnivorous, and eat insects and ...
Actinemys marmorata (Baird & Girard, 1852) – northwestern pond turtle, northern Pacific pond turtle Actinemys pallida ( Seeliger , 1945) – southwestern pond turtle, southern Pacific pond turtle Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Actinemys .
Actinemys marmorata, Northwestern pond turtle (2022 [215]) Chrysemys picta bellii, Western painted turtle (2013 [216]) Family Platysternidae. Platysternon megacephalum Big-headed turtle (2019 [217]) Family Geoemydidae. Mauremys reevesii, Chinese three-keeled pond turtle (2021 [218]) Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
The iconic painted turtle is popular in British Columbia and the province is further motivated to stop the loss of the painted turtle because it has already lost all populations of its other native turtle species, the western pond turtle. However, despite conservation efforts, only a few thousand turtles remain in the entire province. [8] [9] [10]
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.
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The turtle is the only species of the genus Chrysemys, which is part of the pond turtle family, Emydidae. In Idaho, painted turtles can be found in the northern portion of the state, and have been reported in western Idaho in waters associated with the Payette and Boise Rivers, and in eastern Idaho near St. Anthony. [59]