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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]
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 ...
Southern painted turtle: south-central United States. Chrysemys picta Schneider, 1783) Painted turtle: southern Canada to northern Mexico Fossil record.
The species most frequently adopted as a state reptile is the painted turtle, with four states designating it: Colorado (the western subspecies), Illinois, Michigan, and Vermont. [ 10 ] [ 20 ] [ 29 ] [ 53 ] Three southern states—Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi—represent themselves with the American alligator.
This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
Pages in category "Endemic reptiles of the United States" ... Southern painted turtle; Storeria occipitomaculata obscura; Storeria victa; Striped mud turtle; Suwannee ...
A not-for-profit group is seeking information on culprits who removed a turtle from Cypress Wetlands and Rookery in Port Royal and painted its shell before returning it to its natural habitat.
leatherback sea turtle: Dermochelyidae: Highest/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered Chrysemys picta picta: eastern painted turtle: Emydidae: Lowest Chrysemys picta dorsalis: southern painted turtle: Emydidae: Lowest Chrysemys picta marginata: midland painted turtle: Emydidae: Lowest Deirochelys reticularia reticularia: eastern chicken ...