Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta

This is a very popular log in this small pond. There are always turtles, frogs, or snakes on it.

Habitat: Small pond in a mixed forest

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Neptune

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Balancing act! Posted 3 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Hehe, yes! I sometimes sit and watch the turtles push each other off the log. They all want to claim it for themselves. Posted 3 years ago

The Painted turtle

The painted turtle is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to 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. Fossils show that the painted turtle existed 15 million years ago.

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Similar species: Turtles And Tortoises

Species identified by Christine Young