
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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Uploaded Nov 28, 2018. Captured Aug 18, 2018 17:21 in Petrie Island Park, 727 Trim Rd, Orléans, ON K4A 3P4, Canada.