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  2. Painted turtle - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. List of U.S. state reptiles - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Western painted turtle - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 20 September 2010, at 02:11 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  5. Deirochelyinae - Wikipedia

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    Chrysemys dorsalis - southern painted turtle; 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 ...

  6. Turtle racing - Wikipedia

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    The study counted a total of 10,466 turtles across 268 turtle races, of which 59% were North American Box Turtles and 20% were Painted turtles. The authors surmised these numbers were atypically low when the study was conducted, and would likely be much higher in a typical year. The vast majority of turtles were believed to be wild caught.

  7. Conservation of painted turtles - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Capture of painted turtles - Wikipedia

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    In 1999, Minnesota, prompted by the Wisconsin decision and the growth of painted turtle capture in the 1990s, commissioned quantitative study of the state's painted turtles. [9] After a two-year study, Gamble and Simon found a clear pattern of harvested lakes having half the painted turtle density of off-limits lakes.

  9. Terrapene ornata - Wikipedia

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    Terrapene ornata is a species of North American box turtle sometimes referred to as the western box turtle or the ornate box turtle. It is one of two recognized species of box turtle in the United States, having two subspecies. The second recognized species of box turtle is the eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina.