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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]
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.
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.
The painted wood turtle feeds on fruit, insects, and worms. Their diet should consist of 60% leafy greens, 30% protein, and 20% fruits and vegetables. Along with a varied diet, they require additional calcium to insure healthy shell growth. Unlike aquatic turtles, the painted wood turtle doesn't require water in order to swallow its food.
Turtles of North America. Turtles , tortoises , and terrapins native to terrestrial−land , freshwater , and coastal marine ecosystems and habitats of North America , including in the sub-bioregions of Central America and the Caribbean .
City officials are waiting on news about the turtle's protection status to determine how to handle homeless encampments along the Willamette River. Could imperiled turtle’s federal listing ...
The species is native to northeastern North America. The genus Glyptemys contains only one other species of turtle: the bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii). The wood turtle reaches a straight carapace length of 14 to 20 centimeters (5.5 to 7.9 in), its defining characteristic being the pyramidal shape of the scutes on its upper shell.
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]